🚀 go-pugleaf

DPH wrote:
> 
> C.R. Krieger wrote:
> 
> > DPH wrote in message <35B76CCD.F4F62255@csi.com>...
> > >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.
> >
> > Tailgating (or "bump drafting", as I call it), when properly done, would
> > require that YOU rig something up on your roof, because the sand wouldn't
> > have a chance to get to the road OR the windshield before the following car
> > passed it.
> 
> Yes, the roof is where I was thinking it would have to go.
> 
> >  This little 'thing' would certainly attract the attention of
> > the local constabulary and get your OWN sorry butt into stir, don't you
> > think?
> 
> The orfice to dispense the sand would likely not need to be more than 1/4 inch
> in diameter, and pretty easily concealable.  An air compressor, a bag of sand,
> and one just might save becoming a hood ornament of some jerk that just _will
> not_ back off, or go around, etc.


Jeep Cherokees have a factory installed version of this--just unplug the
rear windshield washer hose from its nozzle and let it hang. Hitting the
wash switch then causes a stream of washer fluid to spray out the back
of the vehicle onto any offending followers.

OTOH, I think that any device which seems intentionally rigged to
dispense any substance onto another car is a good way to instigate road
rage; keep in mind, the tailgater is probably already frustrated with
your performance, and this might just set him/her over the edge.