Tailgating

Posted by: JohnC

28th Jan 2011 07:29am

Something I absolutely hate while driving. There is no reason for it and it is very dangerous. Vicroads teaches to leave a 2 second gap from the car in front, but who can estimate 2 seconds while driving at 100km/hr? It is much better to use a rule of thumb which is 1 car length for every 10km/hr of speed, plus 50% more if the road is wet.

Captain Slog

23rd Feb 2012 11:22am

Hi Folks,
I'm not a car owner/driver, but like you I just HATE Tail Gaters. I can think of several brilliant cures, but they're probably, or obviously, illegal. Such things as a can of S-Spikes, Oil, and exploding box of SHIT. Anything that makes them back off.

The Exploding Box one sounds better. If its done right it looks like a part of the car. I think you can get LED Bars that flash messages across them, that you type into a Keypad. Have one in your back window, and flash the message; "1 Please Back Off!" and if they're persistent, flash "2. You are too close!" and if they still don't back off? "You asked for it! 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. . " BANG! And the shit sprays all over their car. One thing to be careful of, though, and that is make sure that no one is behind them, or coming towards you. Just in case. You know?

Of course, it doesn't hurt to let off steam by just MENTIONING this. Its just a release of frustration. A more spectacular version would be to just drop a Thermal Detonator into their path. But the result would be a 25 Metre round "Pot Hole" in the road. No, No, No, No, No! Just kidding!

Tail Gaters? GRRRRRRR!

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