Tailgaters

[lboos]

I don't know if it's the area I live [Marietta Ga.] but it seems like every time I go for a ride on my trike or my two wheeler that some one wants to ride right on my rear end, and 80% of the time it's two teenage girls that look to young to be driving, it's almost like if your on a bike that your just there to bother them :AGGHH:. and their is nothing you can do but pull off the road and let the morons pass, I know what I would like to do, but then I would end up in jail..... is it just my area ?

 

[Gorilla]

I suggest that you investigate some super bright led taillights. that might help.

 

[Sully]

Yep, iboos it's all over the metro area. I've installed a brake light flashing module that flashes 7 times and it seems to slow them down and back them off. But you will always have that 1% who will still ride ya. Just wave them past ya and enjoy your ride.

 

[Bruce]

we have this problem a lot in our area, even if you slow down to let them pass they won't so my solution to the problem is carry a bunch of marble size pebbles in your pocket and if they won't back off just toss one over your shoulder,( all you have to do is flick one up in the air using your thumb, they never see it coming) it usually only takes one to make them back off but some of the real idiots take two, but they do get the message. I have used this a number of times.

 

[rhino 2]

If I pulled over every time someone tailgated me 'I'll never get to where I'm going, I just ignore them and sooner or latter they'll pass. It seems like everyone wants to go faster than the guy in front..

Sorry to say I was that way in my working days commuting a hundred miles to work every day..:blush::blush:

 

[lboos]

we have this problem a lot in our area, even if you slow down to let them pass they won't so my solution to the problem is carry a bunch of marble size pebbles in your pocket and if they won't back off just toss one over your shoulder,( all you have to do is flick one up in the air using your thumb, they never see it coming) it usually only takes one to make them back off but some of the real idiots take two, but they do get the message. I have used this a number of times.

Bruce,
I like that idea, I have a couple of tons of slick river pebbles in my back yard, I'll collect some tomorrow for my next ride, Thanks.

 

[Mr.Wizard]

Never fails.... Tailgaters are everywhere using their cells, texting while they use you as a speed gauge.

Iboos... you need help installing extra or brighter lights let Sully or I know... I'm sure we can deck you out. May even build you a holster for one of your Colts.

 

[lboos]

Never fails.... Tailgaters are everywhere using their cells, texting while they use you as a speed gauge.

Iboos... you need help installing extra or brighter lights let Sully or I know... I'm sure we can deck you out. May even build you a holster for one of your Colts.

Thanks Wiz,

I may take you two up on a holster for my SAA which is at John Kopec as we speak, should be back here in a few days, I only hope I don't get run over by a tailgater before then, Id like to see what John has to say about it, Thanks again. L Boos

 

[Ozarkryder]

The back of the trike is very lit up, well visible in the daytime. I have the running/turn/flashing light pods Sully mentioned. Someone gets to close it just takes a slight squeeze of the lever and the flashing gets their attention. On the Triumph I needed to light up the license plate, so I got some LED tag bolts, and chose ones the have red LED's facing back. Those things are bright, and the plate is at an angle, so even in the daylight when a driver comes behind me about 2 car lengths it is shining in their eyes. They usually stay back, even at stops they are about a car length away. I have the same tag bolts without the red lights on the trike, I am thinking of changing them and figuring a way to angle them to have the same effect as an on the Bonneville. They also have an attachment (which I don't have on the Bonnie) to make them running lights at 30% brightness and brake lights at 100%.


http://www.customdynamics.com/illuminatorz_licence_plates.htm#LED_Tag_Bolts

 

[dirtdobber]

I don't Want to act like them. If on 2 wheels I just move around a car so the have to pass or worry someone else. On the trike I just change lanes if I cam. None of the above I slow down, they will pass if you slow down enough and long enough. I despise going to anywhere close to Atlanta. Most of the time, if possible, I will use back roads to avoid traffic. I go to lawerenceville sometimes. We never get on the interstate.

 

[Veritas44]

Do what Truckers do...
Wire a Switch (springed Toggle type) into the Brake Lights that allows you to hit it and fire all the Brake Lights up simulating a Panic Braking illumination.
Of course you remain on Throttle so no slowing down but they don't know....
When ya do, watch in your mirror s their Back-end jacks up and gets squirrelly when they dynamite theirs.
Its a real Hoot
When they recover, the majority will either stay back or get their Donkeys on by ya quickly. For the minority that don't, Ball Bearings or Buckshot in the Pocket tossed up and back as previously said will fix most. Some real dedicated Hammer-Heads don't take the Cure and will keep pushing.
For those, best getcha self one of Mr Wizards holsters
For the most stubborn of the Giblet-Minded, I always carry an Emergency Antidote for Stupidity Administration Device-SA XDs packing the .45 caliber "Cure-All". Deploy only in situations of dire Epidemic proportion as is required ThumbUp

Joking of course... Not advocating perforating Tailgaters.
But, in this Crazy World (read about it far too often these days) Tailgating is how a lot of Road Raging Assault and Battery prone Idiots get their start.
Never hurts to be prepared.
Better to have and not need than Need and not Have.

 

[Mr.Wizard]

Take a Kydex holster and place it on your luggage rack. Put a toy gun in it.

No tailgaters, ever....



The old trick of putting BB's or marbles in your windshield bag flipping them up in the air to hit the windshield of the car behind you can be construed at assault. Although a tried and true Biker's method it is also dangerous. That being said... I wish I had a few baseball size steel balls in Atlanta. Marbles aren't big enough.. :Coffee:

 

[rhino 2]

The old trick of putting BB's or marbles in your windshield bag flipping them up in the air to hit the windshield of the car behind you can be construed at assault. Although a tried and true Biker's method it is also dangerous. That being said... I wish I had a few baseball size steel balls in Atlanta. Marbles aren't big enough.. :Coffee:

Everyone has a camera with them now days... Before you make it home, A cop will be waiting at your front door... We are all on camera at one time or another..

Last year I was out riding in the snow, And the temps were around 15f Someone unknown to me :Shrug: Snapped a picture of me riding , And put it on Facebook??
With the caption; I guess this nut doesn't read the weather reports... I would have never seen it except someone who is on [I'm not] Facebook showed it to me..
They're watching us.......

 

[lboos]

I think if done carefully it would not be noticed by anyone, and even harder to prove, I would rather see a tailgater get their windshield cracked or some paint chipped then me get run over by some moron playing with their cell phone. I see it as defensive driving.

 

[Gorilla]

If you do that in Florida and get caught it is a felony. throwing an object at a vehicle. I don't think you want to deal with that.

 

[lgjhn]

Tailgaters used to drive my ex-wife nuts. Me? I could really care less. They can all go "pound sand" or pass me...whatever.
But she'd always have a bunch of small washers in her jacket pocket. If we were being tailgated, she'd just sit there and flip one up in the air off her thumb. They were small enough to do no serious damage, but large enough to make the moron doing the tailgating think he just took a rock to the windshield. They'd usually back off or pass.

 

[rhino 2]

If you do that in Florida and get caught it is a felony. throwing an object at a vehicle. I don't think you want to deal with that.

Also when you throw stuff from a moving vehicle' You might not hit the intended target..; Ouch......

 

[pcombe]

YOU CAN TELL YOURSELF ANYTHING YOU WANT IT'S YOUR STORY BUT I WOULD JUST ABOUT GIVE 99% ODDS THAT IF YOU START A WAR WITH SOMEONE (BEHIND) YOU THAT IS BIGGER AND HAS A FEW TONS OF WHEIGHT
MORE THAN YOU DO?

Hello!:AGGHH:
YOU ARE GONNA DIE!

 

[Papa Zook]

I agree...There are way too many crazy people on the road to start throwing stuff from a bike. Pick the wrong person and you are dead.

 

[Veritas44]

Agreed.
NEVER start a Pi$$in Match or War with anyone or anything you aren't completely prepared and committed to do Anything and Everything necessary & required to finish-and Win.
Pick all Battles Wisely. All In OR All Out.
The only time one can stop a Fight is before it begins.
Only thing better than Walking Away is to never have walked up in the first place.

Recent (couple months ago?) Road Rage Incident in Vegas is a perfect Case in Point.
2 Groups of Idiots meet.
1 Idiot dead.
1 or more Idiot(s) going to Prison.