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Old Feb 2, 2005 | 11:28 AM
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I would not do the brake pounding if someone else was in the car with me especially a little kid. It's fine if I get hurt but I would never endanger someones else life.
 
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Old Feb 2, 2005 | 11:31 AM
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Originally posted by J-150
In my youth I was the one to slam on the brakes but now that I have a baby in the backseat Im a little less confrontational.
Thats understandable.
 
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Old Feb 2, 2005 | 11:37 AM
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I usually reach under the seat, pull a gun and start throwing lead around.
I shot a man once for not signaling.

If they do manage to get around me and stick up their middle finger, I shoot that off too.

I'm Wanted in seven states.
 
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Old Feb 2, 2005 | 11:44 AM
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We have three lanes going in both directions I'll catch up with someone at a rate that the person behind me can't slingshot around and through the gap before getting too close to the others- then I'll pace the other two cars and box them in 3-across.

If it's just me; then I'll slow down- way down, and make them go around.

I have a friend with a sun roof. He says he gets a hand full of pennies, and throws them out the sunroof; and lets the wind fling them into the tailgaters car.
 
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Old Feb 2, 2005 | 11:47 AM
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Originally posted by Raoul
I usually reach under the seat, pull a gun and start throwing lead around.
I shot a man once for not signaling.

If they do manage to get around me and stick up their middle finger, I shoot that off too.

I'm Wanted in seven states.
 
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Old Feb 2, 2005 | 02:22 PM
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Originally posted by cia-agent
We have three lanes going in both directions I'll catch up with someone at a rate that the person behind me can't slingshot around and through the gap before getting too close to the others- then I'll pace the other two cars and box them in 3-across.

If it's just me; then I'll slow down- way down, and make them go around.

I have a friend with a sun roof. He says he gets a hand full of pennies, and throws them out the sunroof; and lets the wind fling them into the tailgaters car.
I'm surprised at how many control freaks we have here. 15 of the 19 replies so far are people who go out of their way to 'control' another driver coming up behind you. Why not just get the fluck out of the way and let him go on about his business? You people should all be arrested for obstructing traffic and going out of your way to cause accidents.
 
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Old Feb 2, 2005 | 02:59 PM
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I turned 49. With that age comes some 'rights of passage'.

One of those is the indelible right to ride in the left lane with my blinker on.
 
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Old Feb 2, 2005 | 04:42 PM
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Originally posted by RockyJSquirrel
Why not just get the fluck out of the way and let him go on about his business?
if he is tailgating in the middle or outer lanes its HIS problem, not mine.

If he's doing it in the passing lane, then I am in the wrong.
 
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Old Feb 2, 2005 | 04:51 PM
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Originally posted by J-150
if he is tailgating in the middle or outer lanes its HIS problem, not mine.

If he's doing it in the passing lane, then I am in the wrong.

I agree-
It's three flippin' lanes. There's no need for him to close on me like that.

Change lanes idiot; go around me. But when you ride my butt, you get what I give you.

Besides, if there are three lanes (And normally I ride in the middle or far right lane) Why should I move over when I see someone tailgating me? He can pass on the left (legally) or on the right (illegally).
 

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Old Feb 2, 2005 | 04:55 PM
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My favorite thing to do is if it's a two lane road and they're trying to pass me and there's a car going slow in the other lane, I'll speed up to match even with that car so they're boxed in. Slow down to make it look like I'm gunna let them over, but speed up and box them in again. Do this 3 or 4 times and it usually does the trick...
 
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Old Feb 2, 2005 | 04:56 PM
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Oh and this too:

http://www.gotflames.net/

It's the most effective.
 
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Old Feb 2, 2005 | 05:00 PM
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sweet - I like flames.
 
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Old Feb 2, 2005 | 06:16 PM
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I think its fun to light em up and write them for following distance, but for some reason they never seem to tailgate our marked units but every now and then they are dumb enough to tail one of the slick tops and thats always a fun stop.
 
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Old Feb 2, 2005 | 07:41 PM
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I have found that if you leave your hitch in the reciver all the time people dont tend to tailgate. Mine has a anti-sway control ball out to the side, so it looks bigger than it is. It helps in parking lots also. Nobody wants that thing in their grill.
 
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Old Feb 2, 2005 | 08:54 PM
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Here in the great state of New Hampshire the most aggressive, obnoxious and usual tailgaters are males with no *****’s. They drive the evil minivan and seem to be on a mission to prove their non-manhood by tailgating.

I look at the minivan for what it is, the special bus for soccer dads that have had their ********* cut off by the “real man”, the one that really wears the pant in the house (the wife).

With that said if I am driving my Lightning I am already pissing them off when they come up on me because my plate says UDLOSE. Once they get close, AND if I have room, I simply nail it and leave them back in the wusshood so they can reminisce about their past manhood prior to acquiring the “special bus”.

I am telling you, these guys driving these minivans are some evil motherfluckers…

If I am not in my Lightning I don’t do anything but continue to drive, like they are not there because for me a minivan is nothing to fear, its not a big truck, its not a big rig, it’s a special bus for mommy to take the children to soccer practice or for daddy to get stuck with while mommy is driving the F250 to work…

Sometimes I let them pass and then I get into my NASCAR attitude and draft them. Drafting is different then tailgating because drafting is a strategic move to conserve fuel and if need be, to have the ability to slingshot around the guy in front. It’s manipulating the airflow for my advantage.

The reason drafting is different then tailgating is tailgating is just something morons in minivans do because they are pissed off they are driving the minivan to begin with…
 
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