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DPH <rally2xs@csi.com> wrote:

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>Steve Rudd wrote:
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>> DPH wrote:
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>> > 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?
>> >
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>> A device already exists to foil most tailgaters. It's called "the other
>> lane".
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>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.

That total bull and you know it. Sure the right lane gets tight
sometimes because of some truck up front, so then you just pass, but
you do it expeditiously, without causing a 20-vehicle backup. In other
words, Unless you are an ass, the left lane is to pass, not mass.

>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.

85% of rush hour drivers are on each others day and 100% these are not
hiding to be shielded from radar. Besides if the lead car is doing the
speed limit (presuming you are the lead car and doing the speed limit,
then no one is hiding).

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>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.

Sounds like you got the "aggressive driver" syndrome.