How do you deal with tailgaters
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Lunchmoney
The Torque Meister
Depends on what else is going on around me.
If I can speed up a little to increase the gap I will.
I might flash my brakes at them.
If all else fails I go with the slow down until they get annoyed method
I sometime wish I had some way of letting drivers behind me know they are on camera (front and rear cameras
). If they know they are being recorded driving like a twat they might stop.
If I can speed up a little to increase the gap I will.
I might flash my brakes at them.
If all else fails I go with the slow down until they get annoyed method
I sometime wish I had some way of letting drivers behind me know they are on camera (front and rear cameras
). If they know they are being recorded driving like a twat they might stop.
Having my rear camera hard wired today and the really dangerous ones will be reported along with video evidence to the local plod. They are like lemmings and don't seem to realise that as well as being dangerous they won't get to their destination any sooner.
The pic above graphically illustrates why I try to avoid becoming "the meat in the sandwich"
The pic above graphically illustrates why I try to avoid becoming "the meat in the sandwich"
SLEEPER
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in bad cases if i can move over let them pass - lifes too short to be bothered by morons.
if all else fails flick on the lights and then accellerate . Usually tailgaters are just trying to impress and as this will give them impression that your car is a lot quicker than it is which will often stop the tailgating.
if all else fails flick on the lights and then accellerate . Usually tailgaters are just trying to impress and as this will give them impression that your car is a lot quicker than it is which will often stop the tailgating.
My Elan was, and will be in its new incarnation, fitted with a switch to flick the brake lights on so it looks like I am braking without the risk. This switch also allows me to turn them off when being folllowed my the police so I can slow down quickly without showing that I am
T9 man
TC ModFather
My Elan was, and will be in its new incarnation, fitted with a switch to flick the brake lights on so it looks like I am braking without the risk. This switch also allows me to turn them off when being folllowed my the police so I can slow down quickly without showing that I am
How sneaky is that?
Lunchmoney
The Torque Meister
Legal?My Elan was, and will be in its new incarnation, fitted with a switch to flick the brake lights on so it looks like I am braking without the risk. This switch also allows me to turn them off when being folllowed my the police so I can slow down quickly without showing that I am
Lunchmoney
The Torque Meister
Do you think the police will do anything? They certainly don't do anything about all the drivers who appear on the Tube driving dangerously.
T9 man
TC ModFather
Well after watching a few Police Interceptor episodes based in Australia LM, they are more of a thundering nuisance than our own British force. Highly likely they will pop around to the naughty person and have a word or two.
Lunchmoney
The Torque Meister
Let's hope so 
Rudders666
Torque Master
Depends on what kind of day i'm having mostly. I either move if i'm not in any kind of hurry to get anywhere or on a long trip. If however there's plenty of clear road and i can see that they are a complete A-hole I just boot it to show them how feeble their attempt is. Always amusing.
My Elan was, and will be in its new incarnation, fitted with a switch to flick the brake lights on so it looks like I am braking without the risk. This switch also allows me to turn them off when being folllowed my the police so I can slow down quickly without showing that I am
My rally car had a switch that turned off the brake lights so a car following in dusty conditions couldn't see when i braked for corners or hazards
How sneaky is that?
Very
Legal?
Err no
Are you sure or you just haven't heard ??
They will take action based on dash cam footage over here.
Lunchmoney
The Torque Meister
Nice.Are you sure or you just haven't heard ??
They will take action based on dash cam footage over here.
I like it. Will you have the flip over number plates as well! (or would that add too much weightMy Elan was, and will be in its new incarnation, fitted with a switch to flick the brake lights on so it looks like I am braking without the risk. This switch also allows me to turn them off when being folllowed my the police so I can slow down quickly without showing that I am
)They do in the UK also.
Lunchmoney
The Torque Meister
News to me.
Legal?
No, but only when I used it
Mind you, it saved me a fine in the 80s. A copper flagged me down in Eltham, I wasn't doing anything silly but the car wasn't quiet and looked a bit different and I guess he wanted something to do. He had a good look around, checking tyres, lights etc but couldn't find anything. However, he must have known about Elans because he then asked me to apply the handbrake as he wanted to test its efficiency! Now, Elan handbrakes were well known in the Lotus circles as only working on MOT day and for a few more afterwards - they were crap.
So I got in and made a show of pulling the lever hard. As he walked to the rear of the car I turned off the brake lights and stepped on the brake pedal. As much as he tried, to his surprise and chagrin the car handbrake was fine
The Elan was also fitted with a line lock so I could have used that instead
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