Anti-tailgating

[crosbycool]

I'm confused by this. You're driving the Camaro. Shouldn't you be the one doing the tailgating?

[MrChrisLS3]

Originally Posted by sherob

The slab is where I get tailgaited 75% of the time... side streets, not so much.

Living in Houston, you have a 50/50 chance of the other guy not having insurance.

50/50 is generous, heck, I'd be surprised if they had a license, much less insurance. I've only been down here a couple of years, came down from the mid-west. I've never seen anything like it. Between the self centered idiots and tight crappy roads here, I'm surprised anyone makes it to see 30 here. I promise you that there are more tow trucks in this town than K.C. has police cars.

[Stormcloak]

Originally Posted by KillboyPowerhead

Just wondering if anyone has come up with some sort of anti-tailgating device. I was thinking of something along the lines of a super bright LED light, like what you'd see on an off-roading Jeep or truck, placed above the rear seats, wired to a switch at the centre console or something.

Anyone else have any ideas?

Depress the pedal on the right?

I can't recall the last time I had a tailgater. If I'm driving as I normally do, and someone is completely on me, I'd probably just pull over when I could to let them by.

[sherob]

Originally Posted by MrChrisLS3

50/50 is generous, heck, I'd be surprised if they had a license, much less insurance. I've only been down here a couple of years, came down from the mid-west. I've never seen anything like it. Between the self centered idiots and tight crappy roads here, I'm surprised anyone makes it to see 30 here. I promise you that there are more tow trucks in this town than K.C. has police cars.

I moved to Houston when I was 17 from Pensacola Fl, straight out of HS in 1979. It had just started to Boom... cut my teeth on driving there, basically. When I moved to Denver from Houston 2007, I had never seen tailgaiting as a sport like it is here.

[sherob]

Originally Posted by crosbycool

I'm confused by this. You're driving the Camaro. Shouldn't you be the one doing the tailgating?

I sit back for a couple reasons...

a) I rode a motorcycle for years, and I don't like road debris surprises.

b) You can see gaps in the other lane to pass around.

c) Tailgaiting doesn't get you anywhere faster, it just pisses off people.

d) Usually the vehicle in front of you sees your Halos, and moves over to let
you pass... at least for me.

[c0r3yr0s3]

I just seen this and immediately thought about this thread
Left says the closer you get the slower i go and the right says i brake for tailgaters
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[Norm Peterson]

Originally Posted by Stormcloak

Depress the pedal on the right?

I can't recall the last time I had a tailgater. If I'm driving as I normally do, and someone is completely on me, I'd probably just pull over when I could to let them by.

Had a bad one just a couple of days ago, a small 6-wheel moving van in heavy I-295 traffic at the Rte 42 interchange, Jersey barriers on both sides of the road. Not only was he crowding the bumper of everybody he got behind, he'd blow an air horn if you didn't accelerate fast enough when slower traffic than you moved over or traffic ahead picked up a couple of mph. Like he expected you to use the half of the lane the slow guy had just barely vacated. My son says it was a United truck.

No options, and the impatient SOB still can't sit back and roll with it for another half mile when the road opens up from 2 to 3 lanes.


Norm

[Royal Tiger]

Originally Posted by c0r3yr0s3

I just seen this and immediately thought about this thread
Left says the closer you get the slower i go and the right says i brake for tailgaters
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It's Florida so not surprised.

Up here the worst left lane camping offenders usually have Connecticut plates. Sometimes Massachusetts. They won't move over if they are the only car for a thousand yards. Real clueless idiots.