🚀 go-pugleaf

DPH wrote:
> 
> 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.



You do seem to have a problem. Do you have lots of bumper stickers?
Maybe one of those stickers says "Follow Me To Joe's Bar", or the like??

As for radart shielding, if you slow down below the limit, I doubt
that's the case. Maybe you're just tailgate-bait.



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.
> 


No problem. The problem arises when you implement those extreme thoughts

SR