Grrrrrr!!!! tailgaters!!!

[beakie]

surprised I haven't seen my most hated speeder trick.
the passing lane is full and the driving lane has a rig in it say 1/4 mile ahead... so genious decides to scream past you and everyone else in line in hopes to squeeze into the passing lane because he earned his spot by speeding so fast up there. I love when you see him slowly make his way back to you, than past you as everyone else has the same idea as you and won't let them in... love it.
I also have the washer fluid unplugged, but what I really enjoy is when your out on an open road and some jack@ss feels the need to ride you, preferably in a 'sports car' or whatever they have turned a few decals and a stick on wing into and figure once the coast is clear they will whip past you and leave you with their cherry bomb's exhuast. But oh wait you have as many litres under the hood as they have cylinders and when you tromp on it they get left behind in your flowmaster's exhuast... ahhhh the sweet feeling of superiority.

 

[wolfepack215]

Let's see how you react in a situation where you've got some jacknut trying to pull alongside you. Will you sit there and let him pull up and maybe pull a gun? Or maybe I should've hit the brakes to avoid him...

Well, Lets see. You're doing 85mph with your family in the car...... DUH!! but ok.... You brakecheck The idiot, How'd you say it, kept foot in the Gas because "YOU DIDN'T WANT TO SLOW DOWN" WTF???? DUH!!! Ok, so he swerves at you, OK serious enough..... Slow your a$$ down now should have been your next thought..... but you didn't mention that you did, so I assume that you are antagonizing him as much as he is you at this point........ BUT, you've got a family to think about buddy!! If you had to stop to protect them you should have, got his plate if possible and not pursued him to the next exit.....

Of course, benefit of the doubt, I'd accept that it is easy to sit here after the fact and think of what to do, but I have that luxury. that comes with having been a victim of sorts of a road rage lunatic. I think you could have reacted differently and with more safety for your family....... I only hope for your families sake that you took something away from this experience and think twice about idiots on the road next time...

I've been reminded twice last year of speed and urgency to get nowhere fast..... Guy on motorcycle buzzed me and another car (between us on intersate 95 two lanes each N&S) 12 miles later traffic is stopped on the shoulder and FHP coming from the other direction...... Idiot did the same thing to a semi and a minivan and got sucked under the Semi..... Nasty!!!

Tailgater got on my butt, I slowed until I could get over..... I was doing 75 in 70 passing someone. Wasn't fast enough, I was being safe...... He didnt let me get a good lead on the car I was overtaking and undercut me, He didnt hit me, but the car I was passing.... Both into the shoulder, FHP took him for endangerment, wreckless, passing on the right, and lots of other good stuff.... Jacka$$ told the cop if I would have sped up it would never of happened...... Cop told him, Others are not obligated to break the law just because you want to..... If he wasn't in a hurry, it wouldn't have happened.... and now that he's under arrest, is he getting there any faster now? I couldn't help but laugh at that one...... .
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Look, there are enough Idiots on the road, and we don't drive the safest vehicles on the planet.... Seen some in the Junkyard that are just plain scary.... What we do, how we drive has an impact on too many people whether we are alone or not.... Let the idiots be.... Avoid if possible and Let them go if you can't.... Getting home to/with our families safely is the best thing we can hope to do......

Happy Jeepin'!!!!!!!!!

 

[CanMan]

 

[whatevah]

hmm... a number of years ago, my mom was rear-ended by a guy who thought she wasn't driving fast enough... actually pushed his bumper under hers, at highway speed. brings a new thought to tailgating, I guess?

he finally passed her and she followed him off the exit and to a convience store, where she walked over and yanked him out of his car while telling somebody to go into the store and call the police (well before the time of cellphones). little 4'11" woman yanking an average sized guy out of a car. she knew the local cops (nurse on ambulance crews) so she didn't get in trouble for helping him out of his car, but... wasn't a smart thing to do.

I put my receiver tow hook in if I have to do a lot of highway driving. :-D I usually try to do close to the speed limit, but around here, people regularly do 75 in the slow lane on 65mph roads.

'course since I live near Philadelphia, chances are a little higher of having that dipstick in the BMW having a pistol in his car, so I try to avoid making anybody too mad.

 

[casm]

I don't like to brake-check tailgaters. That's too obvious. I like downshifting until I'm going maybe ten or fifteen miles per hour below the speed limit. I'm happy to drive at that speed, too. I always allow a few extra minutes for tailgaters whenever I drive somewhere.

This is a good one. It's so much fun watching them do the monkey dance in the rear-view mirror as their blood pressure goes up and up and up...

I tend to get a lot of tailgaters behind me when I drive, probably because I never drive above the speed limit (it's a limit).

What pisses me off is when I'm going over the speed limit (usually by no more than 10mph, and pretty much always only on the freeway - 75 is a good ceiling for my XJ, and it's really more happy at 70 these days), but there's an open lane either side of me and the jackass behind me won't overtake. Two things to note: I don't live in the left lane, and in California it's legal to pass on either the left or right. When someone climbs up so close on me that they can't tell they've got an opening on either side... I really don't feel like it's my responsibility to make their lives any easier.

One incident that particularly sticks in my mind, though, is from a few years back (statute of limitations has expired) where someone decided that despite the open lane either side of me, 85mph wasn't enough for them so they were going to tailgate my old Peugeot 505. One important thing to note about the rear-drive Peugeots (of which the 505 was the last): they're not big, but they're f***ing tanks. Mine got in a 3-car pileup going around 45 and was the only vehicle driveable from the scene despite being beat to hell. Kept driving it for a year-and-a-half after that with the battle scars on it; I'm a firm believer in the $1000 car rule - the guy in the crapbox always has right-of-way because he has nothing to lose for the simple reason that even if he does have insurance whatever slight damage he does to your vehicle is going to cost more to put right than his car is worth.

Anyway, this was in early rush-hour traffic - lots of cars around, but we were moving at 50-60mph. Some jackass in a Honda decided he was angry at me for whatever reason, and thought he'd tailgate. I shifted into neutral, coasted to a halt, and put the handbrake on. Mr. Moron suddenly realised that he was surrounded on both sides with nowhere to go since he didn't have the room to swing around me let alone build up speed if he pulled out, and some angry lunatic getting out of the frog car to approach him in the middle of the freeway was headed his direction. I've never seen anyone roll up their windows as fast as this guy did, and it was made all the more entertaining by having his girlfriend screaming bloody murder as I leaned over his hood to flip him the bird against the windscreen. It'd honestly be surprising if he could've just replaced the seat covers; burning the interior would've probably been more appropriate.

I'm really a much more contained (not that that necessarily means 'happy' or 'tolerant') person these days.

 

[Darky]

Well, Lets see. You're doing 85mph with your family in the car...... DUH!! but ok.... You brakecheck The idiot, How'd you say it, kept foot in the Gas because "YOU DIDN'T WANT TO SLOW DOWN" WTF???? DUH!!! Ok, so he swerves at you, OK serious enough..... Slow your a$$ down now should have been your next thought..... but you didn't mention that you did, so I assume that you are antagonizing him as much as he is you at this point........ BUT, you've got a family to think about buddy!! If you had to stop to protect them you should have, got his plate if possible and not pursued him to the next exit.....

Of course, benefit of the doubt, I'd accept that it is easy to sit here after the fact and think of what to do, but I have that luxury. that comes with having been a victim of sorts of a road rage lunatic. I think you could have reacted differently and with more safety for your family....... I only hope for your families sake that you took something away from this experience and think twice about idiots on the road next time...

Please reread my original post, chief. I believe I said that hit the brakes just enough to make the lights come on. I wasn't trying to brakecheck him, hence the not wanting to slow down. That was my last intention, I didn't want him to hit me.:lecture: Fat load of good that did. As far as not slowing down after the first swerve at me, my first priority was getting back on the roadway without losing control. By the time I got back on he swerved again, this time hitting me. I wasn't left much opportunity to slow once I was back on the road. Yes, the speed was a little fast, but it was also CA where the speed limit is usually well below the flow of traffic. You should see the treatment given to speed limit obeyers out there! Crazy place to drive. But anyways, my reason for pointing out the speed was to show that its not like I was going slow or giving him any reason to get angry and tailgate. I followed him at the next exit because my wife was on the line with 911 and we wanted to be sure to let them know where to come get this guy. Doesn't do any good if no one can find him.

 

[djblade311]

of all the states I've driven in, CA drivers are indeed the worst IMHO. Never had an accident until I moved to this state and blammo, got rearended twice within 2 weeks. My wifes car got swiped.

Today, some beotch in a Honda did a TRIPLE lane change to pull right in front of me. I had to nail the brakes so I wouldnt hit her. And then she had the odacity to shake her fist at me as if I was in the wrong.

sigh. idiocracy

 

[whatevah]

I saw somewhere (prolly here on ) that Hondas are really just rolling speedbumps. :-D

 

[casm]

of all the states I've driven in, CA drivers are indeed the worst IMHO.

Yeah, agreed. I've driven in a number of states and cities, and Californians are the worst by a wide margin. Why? Because in places that are famed for their crap driving (Boston, NYC, Seattle), there's usually a very simple understanding in place that is completely absent in California.

Wanna have fun in Boston traffic? Hold up the rental agreement for the car you're in and watch how polite people become: they understand that you probably don't get it, and accordingly give you a wide berth. Thing is, I find their style of driving very similar to that in Dublin (go figure) - watch the cars in front of you and it soon becomes easy to predict the stupid thing that they're going to do. The same applies - to a certain degree - to NYC, Detroit, Seattle, Boise, KC, Dallas, and various other places.

Let me put this in perspective: two days ago my 11-mile commute took an hour because of the five accidents between work and home. That's one barely every two miles. As much as I hate to say it, California's populated by retards. There's just no other explanation.

Today, some beotch in a Honda did a TRIPLE lane change to pull right in front of me. I had to nail the brakes so I wouldnt hit her. And then she had the odacity to shake her fist at me as if I was in the wrong.

Dude. Feel free to commute with me into or out of work any day of the week and you'll see why this is at the tame end of things.

 

[gigage]

I layed on my brakes and gave him the scare of his life,

There was a story a couple of years ago a bout a lady that got tired of a another lady riding her bumper. She hit her brakes the car in the rear swerved, ran off the road and crashed. This other lady just let her temper get away from her, and now one lady is dead and the other is in prison. Don't mean to preach! but I'm the same way and I have to watch that tough guy attitude all the time. Just be careful people. (from a jeeper in Texas):lecture:

 

[Osprey413]

I remember a couple of years ago there was a guy in a BMW who was tailgating an ambulance running code. Someone called it in (probably the ambulance), and I've never seen so many cops swoop out of no where to take this guy down. I bet he lost his lisense for that one.

 

[RichP]

Back in 70 while I was stationed in sdiego I'd run my sportster up to my aunt and uncles in reseda on weekends. Idiots would tail gate me especially pulling out of the wetback toll booth on rt5 just north of SD. Carried both pockets of my suede fringe jacket full of nuts and bolts and would grab a handfull and let em go near my back tire. Man they make a nasty racket when they bounce up into the fan and fan belts of the car on my ass.
Have given consideration to building a remote operated one but I've not had too many tailgaters [knock on wood] up in this neck of the woods, when I drive around the tourist areas on weekends here I usually put my shackle insert in the receiver or my ball insert.

 

[djwright4341]

My parents told me about a guy that they saw on their daily commute to work. He drove a S10 pickup and was apparently late everyday. He would tailgate them, pass on blind curves, and just generally drive like an idiot. The last time they saw him was one morning going to work on one of the blind curves he had passed them before. His truck was overturned in someone's yard with him hanging out the window, one car was in the ditch across the road, another car was in the driveway just down the road, and all the associated emergency vehicles were arriving on scene. He got killed for not getting up 15 or 20 mins earlier and allowing time to drive safely.

 

[bjoehandley]

Well atleast we won't have to worry about this guy

Man Luckily Police Arrived Before Darwin:scared:

 

[JT_Law]

Ok, on the rear wiper squirter, I understand that works much better if you back pressure it with a couple cc's of sewing machie oil.

Lets see, about 10 years ago we were toolin down I205 headed home the missus and I, we get to about the hi rocks area heading for the park place exit, bozo in a dodge dually runs up my ass in the mid lane, I tap my brakes to slow to move over and he whips around on the right shoulder, I back off to merge in behind him just as Chrissy sees a glint in his window and 3 sparks ignite off the concrete divider, fucker was poppin off rounds into where we would have been if I hadn't backed down to make the exit. Got his plate and bee lined for Clackamas County Sherrifs office. Get this, they find the guy and ask him "Did you have a problem on the road?" He replies, "Which time", they can see the freshly fired piece sitting on the table by the door with his cleaning kit out and walked away.

2 weeks ago, heading back from a run at Sandlake, OR. I had just put my jcroffroad bumpers on after the herculiner cured up, had the shackles in em. Heading into Portland on 26 we start down the sylvan hill towards the tunnel and traffic backs up, I get it horsed down and look in my mirror, awwwwww crap.

Here comes a nice shiny Ford Contour, looked to be in perfect shape, with 2 mexicans in it and the nose aint dippin. Finally dawned on em but they moved me ahead about a foot from a dead stop anyway, I start signaling to get to the break down lane (silly me) and can't get an opening, one finally comes up and they grab it, I get a glimpse of no plates and a torn up temp tag in window as they sail over and bail up the exit, I got home and laughed and laughed and laughed, not a scratch on the shackles or in the herculiner, but judging from the layer of contour sandstone paint I had to tire brush off the shackles, all across bottom of rear bumper, and the tailpipe they folded down almost closed and about 6" shorter than it started, plus the paint added to the spring perches I'd say their contours hood lost in a big way. Anyone around pdx see one with a nice straight line tore up across hood, safe bet they are illegals or got no insurance.


If I'd have left my receiver hook in I could have just towed em to the PD and handed em over lol.


ps, had a friend once got tired of people out in the country tailgating him with brights on, he put 6 of the old Flame Thrower lights under the bumper, angled up. Had one wouldn't dim lights runnin 6' off his ass so just as he braked for a 90* turn he hit the switch, watched the car behind him go off into a field and roll about 3 times, too bad for him the cop had already run his plate.......

 

[jfox21]

The worst thing that has happened to me so far was less than a mile from my house. I was going down a 30 mph 2 lane road when i see a car coming towards me. they out on their blinker to make a left turn. I may have been speeding a little, maybe like 35 or so, and was only about 100 yards away from the turn she wanted to make. I thought she was going to stop and wait for me, but no. after making close to a complete stop she cuts me off. i had to slam on my breaks, and still almost clipped her passenger rear corner. i was sooooo pissed off. if i didnt have to be somewhere i would have followed her to her house just so i could yell at the bitch.

I usually dont get tailgaters behind me seing as i usually do about 10-15 over the speed limit (on the freeway). on surface roads ive had a few people tailgate me tho. at first i will speed up to about 5 over the limit, then if they are still up on my ass i will slow down to about 10 under the limit. after that either i turn or they turn. the situation is resolved peacefully.

 

[PDeeXJ]

When I see someone tailgating someone else, I like to ride up on their ass, and tailgate them. Sandwich them. They're usually like WTF! Quite fun, actually. I'm careless, yes. And then, just to spite them even more, If I find a good line (like on a 3 lane freeway), I'll take it, and get a ways infront of the victim and tailgater, and wait for the victim to pull into a slower lane. Then just as the tailgater gets closer, I'll pull infront. Usually they try to change lanes, so I'll instinctively change lanes too. It's great reckless fun. Sure they could pull out a gun, or try to run me off the road, but hey, that's part of the fun that is road rage.

 

[GoodSamaritan]

Ok, just another new guy dredging up a week old post.
I drive a LOT. Almost 30k thus far for 2006 and things have been a little slow. I average 75k a year, and have been k
nown to log well over 100k. At any rate 99% of this is done in a big ol company truck. I get tailgated all the time. I generally just take my foot off the gas and drop a few mph to encourage them to pass, or else I will downshift into 3 from OD. I get paid by the hour, not the mile. LOL!
In the last 4 years I have been rear-ended 3 times (I was stopped all 3 times) and sideswiped twice, and my truck has more dings than a doorbell factory. (People just don’t seem to care whether they hit your car with their door these days) I have to play nice or else be very subtle on the road, because my company logo and number is on the side, along with a "how am I driving tag on the back bumper. I guess I am doing ok since nobody has complained yet.
At any rate, I must confess to inadvertently setting a guy up one night. Some jerk in a riced out fart mobile had been riding my back bumper for several miles. It was so bad, that the only time I could even see him was when I swerved slightly towards the emergency lane and looked in my mirror. I was in the slow lane and going 5-10 over the limit. There was very little traffic, and the guy had PLENTY of opportunities to pass, but wouldn't even when I slowed down, a few times.
To make a long story short, we were gaining on a large truck towing a trailer. I was just about to pop on my turn signal and pass him myself, when I noticed him tap his brakes, a second later a partially mangled square bail of hay appeared out from under his trailer. I checked my mirror, to make sure there was room to avoid it, but by then I was afraid I would hit it with the tire instead. There wasn’t really time to stop even not even considering the fact that rice boy behind me would probably submarine under the back of my truck and wipe out yet another rear bumper and spare tire holder. So I opted to run over it. I heard a muffled whump as it hit something under my truck. This was immediately followed by a crunch sound, and a cloud of hay exploding outwards on either side and squealing tires as ricer boy locked up his brakes.
It trashed his ground effects but evidently didn’t do much else because soon after he caught up and passed me like I was sitting still. To this day if I knew who lost that hay bail, I would love to shake their hand. They made my week.

 

[whatevah]

awesome story! I encountered something like that couple years ago... just as rush-hour traffic was building, a ricer was riding my tail and I see the cars in front of me swerve into the shoulder. I didn't know why until the car in front of me did, and I saw a stack of 10 6x8 sheets of drywall laying in the lane. I swerved just in time, but the ricer behind me couldn't see anything past my license plate, so I watched in my drivers mirror as he caught 2 feet of air under his front tires and made a nice show of sparks as he landed. We were only doing around 40mph, but that was enough for a nice show.

I took a quick right turn into the closest parking lot and walked back to pull the drywall off of the road. nice tread marks at the beginning of the top sheet. I got half of them off the road when a guy with a pickup truck backed up along the shoulder with his tailgate down. guess who lost a load of drywall? anyhow, I made $100 for helping toss the sheets into the truck and move them into a house 2 miles away. Thanks ricer!

 

[DIKASUN]

here's a fix, pull the rubber washer line off of the outlet on the back hatch. result: when you hit the washer button you squirt fluid 10 ft.

hell yes. i put red food coloring in my fluid. its hilarious!