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Tailgating - What do you do ?

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  • #102
    nytraveller
    Closed Accounts Posts: 76 ✭✭nytraveller


    Auto-dimming rear view mirrors. Best invention ever!!


  • #103
    hottstuff
    Closed Accounts Posts: 595 ✭✭✭hottstuff


    what i found works a treat for all types of this scumbag , If its during the day and its annoying you that much , Hazards on , slow down slowly and gradually and roll down your window and proceed top wave them on like you have just had an engine fault , they will always overtake.

    On the otherhand if its during the night , i ALWAYS turn on my rear foglight (just for the purposes of blinding the tailgater) and hazards if you want to.
    Always works.

    The braking thing is all well and good if you fancy your chances at maybe getting the offender more aggrevated and pulling over if things get heated.
    And even if you are capable of looking after yourself , you can still get charged for assault even if it was in self defence.
    The way the Guards look at it , there is no one offender in road rage.


  • #104
    D_murph
    Registered Users Posts: 773 ✭✭✭D_murph


    i usually wash my windscreen if someones driving up my hole, not that it happens much ;). theres always some spray that makes it over the roof and onto their windscreen. next thing you see their wipers going :D.

    i keep doing this till they back off. 2 or 3 rounds usually does the trick


  • #105
    Dubit10
    Closed Accounts Posts: 609 ✭✭✭Dubit10


    Get the reg and use a "mate" to get the address where they live.Car might need a paint job soon after that:)


  • #106
    Seth Brundle
    Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 40,327 Mod ✭✭✭✭Seth Brundle


    Dubit10 wrote: »
    Get the reg and use a "mate" to get the address where they live.Car might need a paint job soon after that:)
    There are far more successful and instant methods of discouraging tailgaiting without resorting to criminal damage.


  • #107
    D_murph
    Registered Users Posts: 773 ✭✭✭D_murph


    D_murph wrote: »
    i usually wash my windscreen if someones driving up my hole, not that it happens much ;). theres always some spray that makes it over the roof and onto their windscreen. next thing you see their wipers going :D.

    i keep doing this till they back off. 2 or 3 rounds usually does the trick

    but i should mention that i never hog the right lane and i feckin hate when i come across 2 idiots driving side by side on a dual carriageway and none passing the other. usually its lorries that cant go but then they should not have put themselves in a position to block the road to have their pathetic little competition in the first place. other times its 2 cars :rolleyes:

    overtaking lane hogging should come with penalty points like speeding. might keep these slow idiots where they belong, in the slow lane. things like this can cause road rage.


  • #108
    Cookie_Monster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,522 ✭✭✭✭Cookie_Monster


    many people seem to resort in tapping the brake pedal to flash the brake lights without actually hitting the brakes.
    I find that quite odd as on both the cars i have owned the brakes engage even before the brake lights come on. i could if required completely stop my almera without the brake lights lighting up (it'd take a good bit longer but can easily be done)


  • #109
    Rory123
    Closed Accounts Posts: 601 ✭✭✭Rory123


    In the hibernian ignition course I was told to tap the brakes so your lights come on... I have always found that this only makes the situation worse.
    The best method i have found is to bring attention to the driver behind and if they are a decent person (which surprisingly they are 70 or 80% of the time), they will back off.... I just put my hazards on for about 5 seconds at the same time as lifting off the throttle to reduce speed slowly by about 20%, then build back up to original speed. In theory this shouldn't work but it really does... I reckon it makes them realise that they are being tossers without having to be insulting or resort to dangerous driving myself... 2 wrongs never make a right!

    With regard to motorway driving can I please appeal to you all to stop calling the outside lane the fast lane! It is not primarily for driving fast... its for overtaking, so please try to start calling it the "overtaking lane". In which case if you aren't overtaking... GET OUT OF IT!... whether you are doing 120 kmh or not. We really need to change our attitudes on the roads in this country (including me, I'll admit).

    Thanks for reading my rant... its nothing personal! :o


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