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This is the best option, no contest.

thats what im talkin about.
 
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how bout a bright strobe light....

usually I keep a 20oz bottle in my truck leave a little soda in it, unscrew the cap and just throw it... that will freak them out
 
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chuck hammers out the window
 
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My favorite thing of all time was a guy tail gating an unmarked cop on a two way one lane per side divided by a barrier in the middle... Well they were going and all of a sudden the cop jams on his breaks and lights up like a christmas tree and you can see the guy just about $H!T himself... It was awesome...

I like the flames

Also i pissed a guy off in a hybrid today to the point he was yelling out the window at me... I think he was mad cause i have acceleration and can smoke the tires as i floored it past him coming out of a drive way.. I smiled and waved when he pulled up next to me yelling then i gave her some gas and took off down the interstate... It was awesome
 
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We had our first snowfall this year, and on the way to work had some woman driving right up my a$$. I was brake checking her for a while, didnt work. Sped up and slowed down over again, when it got to 2 lanes again she pulled into out to pass me just as we pulled up on a slow moving car so I pulled up along him an started crawling along at his pace, then slower so she pulled into his lane, then sped up ahead of him again. By this time she was absolutely livid and nearly wiped the other guy out trying to get around him so I let her pass before she killed someone. And then nearly hit a cab as she sped off ahead of us. She was in some rush to get somewhere!! haha and knowing that I made her even later made me happy! haha
 
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Originally Posted by btm757
My favorite thing of all time was a guy tail gating an unmarked cop on a two way one lane per side divided by a barrier in the middle... Well they were going and all of a sudden the cop jams on his breaks and lights up like a christmas tree and you can see the guy just about $H!T himself... It was awesome...

I like the flames

Also i pissed a guy off in a hybrid today to the point he was yelling out the window at me... I think he was mad cause i have acceleration and can smoke the tires as i floored it past him coming out of a drive way.. I smiled and waved when he pulled up next to me yelling then i gave her some gas and took off down the interstate... It was awesome
Gotta love Ranger power
 
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rear face strobes in the tails.
 
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hahah thatd b hilarious
 
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Originally Posted by kenny_216
i do whats called the double brake check. when theyre on ur *** just tap the breaks a little bit n they think thats all theyre getting then i mash the brakes really hard! it usually ends in them going off the side of the road =) i hate tailgaters, i dont drive slow by any means sooo when sumones on my *** they deserve whatever might come to them. the double brake check works great if they go to take a drink of coffee or sumthin lol
i did that to a guy last winter on a snow covered road in my truck he ended up in the ditch and couldnt get out so i turned around drove past gave him the finger turned around again and went home lol.


I usually use the brake check no matter what im in if they rear end me they are going to pay for it so......
 
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thats mean. sounds like something a teenager would do.

I just drive along on cruise. strobes usually scare them enough they a) pull over or b) back way off ---much easier
 
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One of our delivery guys carries a small bag of white rice with him.
Anyone tails him too close for too long gets a handful tossed out the driver's window.
Pretty effective for getting them to back off.

I always wanted to design a small hopper under the truck that would hold sand.
Push a button on the dash and sand starts dropping out from under your truck.
Just like a steam locomotive has sanders that drop sand on the rails for traction.
 
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=antUcw20V1w

"If you don’t like the way I’m a drivin’
Get back on the interstate
Otherwise sit tight and be nice
And quit yer honkin’ at me that way"

-haha.
 
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I got the Reservoir the other day out of a 99 Cirrus and a door ajar switch from a jeep now i need to wire it up to a relay and my button and mount my duel jet washer nozzles. Oh and My Warning Label for my Bumper.

"Warning Following this Vehicle Too Close May Result In Rain"

Originally Posted by bigdog
One of our delivery guys carries a small bag of white rice with him.
Anyone tails him too close for too long gets a handful tossed out the driver's window.
Pretty effective for getting them to back off.

I always wanted to design a small hopper under the truck that would hold sand.
Push a button on the dash and sand starts dropping out from under your truck.
Just like a steam locomotive has sanders that drop sand on the rails for traction.
Hmm that would be great too... Maybe some pea gravel.
 
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When I had my sub in, I'd just crank my music and relax... who cares about what's behind me?

Nowadays... I just usually wave a glass bottle out the window and start swerving. Works wonders.
 
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Originally Posted by ambivolent
hammers and floodlights lol,
i was wondering when this would come up....



 
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^^^^ HAHAHA ROFLMFAO That is hilarious!!!!
 
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If someone is tailgating you you need to get out of the way or speed up, as long as it isn't someone or something elses fault in front of you that is making you go slow. You aren't a cop. You can't tell me how fast I can go and try and enforce it just because you think the speed you are doing is good doesn't mean I have to think the same. If someone is tailgating you, GTFO of the way.
 
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1 lane each way, i'm doing the speed limit and your tail gating me, i'm gonna slam on my brakes as hard as i can and hope to god you hit me... tailgating is illegal, so don't go saying that i should change what i'm doing because you want to be a douche
 
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Lol I don't see why you guys get your panties in a bunch over something so stupid. I just continue driving how I was driving, they'll go away eventually.
 
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Originally Posted by --weezl--
1 lane each way, i'm doing the speed limit and your tail gating me, i'm gonna slam on my brakes as hard as i can and hope to god you hit me... tailgating is illegal, so don't go saying that i should change what i'm doing because you want to be a douche
On the internet you do all this talk about slamming on your brakes, yet I bet you've never done it to someone not even once. I will continue to say it, GTFO of the way or speed up.
 
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If im in the far right lane and the other lane is open get off my A$$ and Pass me... If i can GTFO of the way i will but sometimes it just cant be done...
 
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Originally Posted by korey89
On the internet you do all this talk about slamming on your brakes, yet I bet you've never done it to someone not even once. I will continue to say it, GTFO of the way or speed up.
i'm usually going fast enough that people won't tailgate me, but yes i have done it to people. the internet doesn't change that...
 
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Originally Posted by korey89
If someone is tailgating you you need to get out of the way or speed up, as long as it isn't someone or something elses fault in front of you that is making you go slow. You aren't a cop. You can't tell me how fast I can go and try and enforce it just because you think the speed you are doing is good doesn't mean I have to think the same. If someone is tailgating you, GTFO of the way.

You gots a lotta learnin ahead a you son.

I aint gettin outta yer way .
If for nutin else than to p!ss you off.
You aint the only one with somewhere to go.
 
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I'm with Trent, I just keep driving like I never saw them in my rear view. . . works 98% of the time. . .
 
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Originally Posted by whippersnapper02
I just drive normal when I have a tailgater. If they are really bad I'll slow down and I'm make sure to drop it down a gear or two so when they go to pass I'll mash it so they can't pass.
thats usually my method of attack... i feel a little bad when i mash on it so they cant get back in.. but hell its there fault for tailgating in the first place...

i used to get really peeved when i had people tailgating me.. now ive relaxed a little bit.. theres so many deuchebags behind the wheel out there..just gotta relax and do your own pace.. dont worry about how fast everyone else is going!
 


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