🚀 go-pugleaf

Steve Rudd wrote:

> DPH wrote:
> >
> > I gave it some thought, and I think I know a device that could discourage
> > taligaters and still not cause accidents or be otherwise illegal.
> >
> > A device that would dispense a _small_ stream of sand from the back of your car
> > that would impinge on a car following too closely would likely cause the
> > tailgater to back off.  It would not damage his car or cause him to swerve and
> > have an accident, as he couldn't see it coming.  It wouldn't upset a motorcycle,
> > either (but maybe its tailgating rider <G>).
> >
> > Any thoughts?
> >
>
> A device already exists to foil most tailgaters. It's called "the other
> lane".

Sir, that just does not work.  I've pulled right, I've pulled left, I've slowed down,
I've sped up.  There are those that just stick like glue.  Often what they are doing
is using me as a shield for radar.  The infrequency with which most law enforcement
people write tailgating tickets makes this possible.  It's these impossible cases that
have me thinking these extreme thoughts.

The device would be unobtrusive, and the following driver would likely attribute the
sand to something being kicked up by my tires on the road.  He'd likely never know
that it was a deliberate device.  And he'd back off to get out of the sand stream.
Which is what I want.

DPH