So yesterday I was stuck in pretty heavy traffic, and I guess I was too close (tailgating) to the car in front of me. Suddenly, he sprays me with water from his rear windshield!

I was actually more amused than offended. Probably not a very good idea to mod, but it did make me slow down... I don't think I'd want to spray every car that tailgates me. I might just get shot. :[

Anyone have this experience, or even the mod?

 

I have done that a few times when someone is right on my bumper. I used the front wipers and let them toss the cleaning water back over and on to them. Now that I have rear wipers, I will keep this in mind if I have that issue.

I could care less if someone is tailgating as long as it's a safe distance as I practice

1+ sec

When they are on my ass they need a reminder for sure..........

 

Theres a thread about this haha, let me find it!

Tyler

 

oh man, that actually sounds like a pretty fun mod to do. To just mess around with friends or something.

 

yeah, the other thread talked about putting pepsi in instead of washer solvent

 

lol where can i get one of those?

 

hahahaa! oh man, i definately would try that if it didnt make the hose all sticky.

 

A friend of mine was telling me a story about his brother who was tailgating someone on the road. His brother said the car in front of him made it's license plate fold down and then turn on a quick pulse of a strobe light. His brother stopped tailgating almost instantly. Of course he was saying that there was a dot in his vision for the remainder of the evening, but cool none the less.

I am sure that this isn't legal, so lets not start a debate.

 

All you have to do is re-aim the little metal jet in your wiper fluid sprayer with a needle or a paper clip. I did this to the front ones on the hood of my old civic. I aimed them as far up as they would go and it was actually powerfull enough to shoot all the way over my car and hit the car behind me. Gets a bit messy though

I also saw a guy once who had his front washer sprayers turned backwards spray a guy on a motorcycle in front of him at a stop light. Haha needless to say the guy on the motorcycle was not happy.

 

I saw BMW with that once, minus the strobe light.

 

I was riding my motorcycle on the interstate once, and this huge, dark red freakin barge of a Cadillac came up and got right on my back. This big fat black dude with a white pimp-hat was driving, and had some chick in the car. Obviously trying to impress her, he bore down on my rear fender, only about five feet from my back tire. If you have ridden bikes, you know how vulnerable they are to cars of any kind, especially a land yacht like that ghetto-sled Eldorado. So, being the cautious, cool-headed guy that I am, I proceeded to spit a big hocker into the air, and it dead-centered his windshield. He was furious, and even after I slowed down and changed lanes, he wouldn't pass me. He wanted to fight, I guess. I had my wife on the back of the bike, and was not close to home, and did not want to fight, so I stayed slow and eventually he got tired of doing 50 MPH and he passed me. Shot me the bird, blew his horn, everything he could do to save face with his girlfriend.
F___ him. The way I see it, my spit never would have hit his windshield if he had been driving like he should have been.
I hope he's dead of a heart attack by now, and is at this moment having a pineapple inserted into his orifice in Hell. I would almost bet on it, and it makes me feel good to think of it. Fatass, rude, dangerous, arrogant Elvis-Pimp jackass.

 

So, the license plate just folded down?
What's that for? Maybe to keep someone from identifying your car?
I don't get it.

 

Oh, my goodness! Such mean spiritedness. Watch out Joe- the Fitfreak Police will be on your case- no mean thoughts allowed.

 

I also know a guy with an M3 back in the days that had a retractable rear plate that had a fog lights in it. He will flip a switch and turn the lights on if somebody is tailgating him. He was from NY, he said that drivers out there are a.. holes so he wanted to remind them.

 

LOL thats the coolest story i've heard of in a while.

 

Joe, Have you always had a death wish?
Down here, we would of read about you the next day in the news and would of been bad news....

 

I don't tailgate, but with that said I don't know if I would be very happy if somebody sprayed my car with water or something else like Cola... even if I deserved it. I am pretty sure I would take down the license number and call it into the cops.

Holy crap is all I can say. I always try to give bikes the room they need, it is already dangerous enough if something goes wrong.

As much fun as it is blinding drivers with rear lights sounds, I don't trust people on the road enough to be rational. Sounds like a good way to have somebody run you off the road or shoot you in a fit of rage. Worse yet if you blind somebody bad enough and they crash as a result, aside from the legal implications I don't think it would leave a very good feeling in your stomach.

Best way to deal with tailgater's IMO is to just let off the gas and start slowing down until they either pass you or back off.

 

Yep. Mind you I saw this @ a car show (Carlisle for those of you familiar with it) - it was mechanical and folded the plate into the trunk.

 

" I was riding my motorcycle on the interstate once, and this huge, dark red freakin barge of a Cadillac came up and got right on my back. This big fat black dude with a white pimp-hat was driving, and had some chick in the car. Obviously trying to impress her, he bore down on my rear fender, only about five feet from my back tire. If you have ridden bikes, you know how vulnerable they are to cars of any kind, especially a land yacht like that ghetto-sled Eldorado. So, being the cautious, cool-headed guy that I am, I proceeded to spit a big hocker into the air, and it dead-centered his windshield. He was furious, and even after I slowed down and changed lanes, he wouldn't pass me. He wanted to fight, I guess. I had my wife on the back of the bike, and was not close to home, and did not want to fight, so I stayed slow and eventually he got tired of doing 50 MPH and he passed me. Shot me the bird, blew his horn, everything he could do to save face with his girlfriend.
F___ him. The way I see it, my spit never would have hit his windshield if he had been driving like he should have been.
I hope he's dead of a heart attack by now, and is at this moment having a pineapple inserted into his orifice in Hell. I would almost bet on it, and it makes me feel good to think of it. Fatass, rude, dangerous, arrogant Elvis-Pimp jackass."


dude that is awesome! well done! i deal with tailgaiters by first tapping my brake lightly to flash my lights at them... if that doesnt get the point across i slow way down, if that still dont work (an i know this is not the best idea) i down shift (to 2nd or 3rd depending on speed) and slow way down real quick with our brake lights... that usually works, and if that fails... its 5mph till they knock it off!

 

seriously, steeldog, that's some charles bronson stuff right there!!!

looks like we have our own vigilante on this forum!!!