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DPH,

Of course I don't have a system. If I did I would be telemarketing it on TV
at this very moment... Just $19.99 and if you call right now we'll also
include at no additional cost ....

I guess the whole point of my post can be summarized in the one statement
that I made which was, "... but turning this potential life threatening
situation into some kind of confrontation is really stupid - plain and
clear."

I am not a 'slow' driver by any means yet I manage to be tailgated probably
every time I drive on the highways. The bottom line is that no matter how
fast you are going someone *will* be going faster than you. So what do I do
when this happens? I get out of their way, that's what I do. That's my
system. I have a wife and 10 year old daughter. Do you think there is
anything in the world that is more precious to me than they are? Of course
not. And even when I am driving by myself I still get out of their way. I
won't risk injury to my family and myself and to other drivers just because
I am right and the other driver is wrong. Many a right driver has wound up
dead trying to prove their point. I won't be one of them.

Regards,
Jeff
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DPH wrote in message <35B942B2.D9C2BD4@csi.com>...
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>Jeff Schwartz wrote:
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>> 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
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