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Re: Fighting tailgaters

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From: C.R. Krieger
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1998 00:00
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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.  This little 'thing' would certainly attract the attention of
the local constabulary and get your OWN sorry butt into stir, don't you
think?
--
C.R. Krieger
"Ignore 'em, m'dear, they're beneath your dignity." - W.C. Fields
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From: "C.R. Krieger" <warp1@lakefield.net>
Subject: Re: Fighting tailgaters
Date: 1998/07/24
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