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Jeff Schwartz 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
> choice.
> Regards,
> Jeff

It would be interesting, now, to know if you have a system that works.  That is,
how do _you_ get rid of tailgaters?  I've given it much thought, and haven't
come up with anything workable other than occasionally outrunning them.  Traffic
congestion in this part of the world is not conducive to doing that safely very
often.  You can stop for a couple minutes, but the taligater will start
tailgating someone else, usually slower (most traffic is slightly slower than
me) and I catch up in 10 minutes.  Then he's back on my tail.  So now what?

BTW, I was meanining this device to be extremely unobtrusive, and dispense sand
such that the exact source of it would be a mystery to the tailgater, who would
likely think the sand to be a natural occurance, as in sand kicked up off the
road after some sand-leaking truck had went over it earlier.  And he;d back
off.  Which is what I want.

DPH