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Article #14245Re: Fighting tailgaters
From: Jeff Schwartz
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1998 00:00
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1998 00:00
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Hi Friend, It's nice to know that there are others out there such as yourself with whom reason prevails. I wish it were communicable and become pandemic. Regards, Jeff ------- / \ #[||||||]# * * Jeff Schwartz It's a JEEP thing, of course! '97 JGC LTD. Remove 'nospam' from my email address. Friend wrote in message <35b901d0.0@news.cyberenet.net>... >Jeff Schwartz (jatco@nospamix.netcom.com) wrote: : The best device for >discouraging tailgaters is the one just above your neck : located directly >between your ears. It is without a doubt that the person : doing the >tailgating is totally absolutely wrong as there is no excuse for : it ever >but turning this potential life threatening situation into some kind : of >confrontation is really stupid - plain and clear. Using that spongy : >material we have all been given and keeping the peace is my weapon of > >Well said. If I am being tailgated while I am in the left lane, I move to >the right lane and let the driver pass. If I am already in the right lane, >I gently slow down to a point where the tailgater gets frustrated and >passes me on the left. I definitely don't slow down quickly because that >will risk causing an accident and/or pissing off the tailgater. I am a >relatively fast driver so I usually don't get tailgated and I don't hog up >passing lanes, but when I do get tailgated, this strategy has never let me >down. >
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1011e5,11a4bad067a27503 X-Google-Attributes: gid1011e5,public X-Google-Thread: 10e16d,11a4bad067a27503 X-Google-Attributes: gid10e16d,public From: "Jeff Schwartz" <jatco@nospamix.netcom.com> Subject: Re: Fighting tailgaters Date: 1998/07/24 Message-ID: <6pb8ff$3kh@dfw-ixnews3.ix.netcom.com> X-Deja-AN: 374674745 References: <35B76CCD.F4F62255@csi.com> <6p9uin$qg3@dfw-ixnews10.ix.netcom.com> <35b901d0.0@news.cyberenet.net> X-Mimeole: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.2106.4 Organization: ICGNetcom X-NETCOM-Date: Fri Jul 24 7:22:07 PM CDT 1998 Newsgroups: dc.driving,rec.autos.driving