Date:         Mon, 7 Mar 2016 10:43:37 -0800
Reply-To:     David McNeely <davmcneely40@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         David McNeely <davmcneely40@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: [WetWesties] When You Are Being Tailgated
Comments: To: Roy Nicholl <RNicholl@nbnet.nb.ca>
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It happens to me all the time, whether I am driving my camper, or some
other vehicle.  I drive the speed limit, observe warning signs (slowing
when appropriate.  People ride on my rear bumper.

For most of them, a touch of the brake is all it takes to get them to back
off.  Touching the brake without exerting any stopping force gives the
tailgater the brake light in his or her face while not suddenly dropping
speed.  If that doesn't work, pull out at the first opportunity, signalling
your intent clearly and slowing very gradually.

All that said, I have had, with no opportunity on my part to do anything to
prevent a bad situation, some of these yahoos pass me with inadequate
visual distance.  I shudder at the risk.

On Mon, Mar 7, 2016 at 10:09 AM, Roy Nicholl <RNicholl@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote:

> Loren:
>
> Never assume that Bubba is thinking …
>
> > On 07-Mar-2016, at 13:58, Loren Busch <starwagen@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> >
> > Steve, I agree with all your thoughts here.  And that is the way I have
> > tended to deal with close tailgaters when the problem occurs.  And I have
> > thought about my actions inciting a 'rod rage' incident, I never know
> what
> > Bubba might be thinking there behind me.
> >
>