jimijam

Pop the top and flip pennies out. One or two of the little copper things bounce off the tailgaters' car and they'll back off.

wstafford

One day last summer me and my wife went to Bowling Green to visit the NCM. Seems like 240 or 250 miles. A nice little ride except for dealing with Nashville. On the way home we were below Nashville on 24, it's a two lane on each side. I was in the right lane with my cruise set on 70. A tractor trailer was following me, kinda close but not too bad. There was a fellow in the right lane in an older pickup with a camper on it with a fishing boat of some kind behind him. He was just riding there not passing anybody. This went on for quite a while, somebody behind the tractor trailer had enough and I saw him coming in my right mirror, he must have been running 90 when he passed me on the right shoulder of the road. I couldn't hardly believe it. The dude pulling the boat got the message and sped up and pulled over into the right lane, after that musta been 40 cars came flying by. He really had them backed up. The more I think about it, I probably was part of the problem, I could have sped up and opened the lane up so folks could get by the oblivious driver of the pick up. But, I was running the speed limit in the right lane, I was doing nothing wrong, maybe? If I had it to do over i'd have went on and opened the road up for folks behind me, even though the truck is the one that should have moved on and gotten out of the way. The museum was nice. hahaaha.
Stafford

marinablu67

Using your gun to "scare him off" is considered a threat, and a crime in Texas. All he has to do is call 911 and report you. I would never pull a gun, unless it was a life or death situation!

In Texas, the reckless use of a weapon is known as deadly conduct and can be charged as either a misdemeanor or felony offense, depending on the circumstances. Using weapons in a dangerous, threatening, or reckless manner is a crime.
I don't know if you see the gibberish that the website is inserting, but I apologize in advance!

Corvette_Ed

I gave the cliff notes version. He threatened me with a gun first, and I have a witness who can testify to that. I was in fear for my life, and had every right to do what I did. I've owned guns for years, and this is the first time I've ever been afraid of losing my life enough to pull mine on another human.

Rontime

Corvette_Ed

I tried pulling to the right. He followed me there too. The guy shot across 3 lanes of highway to run up against my rear end when it all started, and stayed there until I took action to get away from him.

hogfanandy

Seems like every time I go out for a 1-2 hour drive, I have a couple of folks want to race or otherwise act like fools. Here in Memphis the three worst violators are, in no particular order:

1. Nissan Maximas and Altimas
2. Dodge Ram pickup trucks
3. ********* in V6, plain-jane, Dodge Chargers.

Never a dull moment when I want to go for a relaxing drive.

Shaolin Crane

Its Dodge anything for me. Especially in school zones for whatever reason.

hmmmm16417

I used to carry ball bearings on my motorcycle.....

windyC6

LOL.....Anyone tailgating is the bad guy regardless of what lane they are in. This all falls into the category of "It's all about me" which seems to be the way of these new millennial spoiled brats. You got to love it when you're in a line at the store and some idiot is holding up the line cause they are on their phone. Then someone finally gets fed up and ask them to put the phone down and the person on the phone looks at them and acts like they are the bad guy. The ol "I dare you be so rude as to point out how rude I am" thing.....LOL. Isn't our society great !!!.......

oldcanuck

I've driven in many places all over USA and Canada.
I live in Canada where everyone is supposed to be polite.
Well I hate to tell ya but the are terrible drivers and idiots everywhere!

TxLefty

Good advice for open/relatively open road. If you are stuck in traffic and have someone all over your butt, usually about the best you can hope for is not being hit. Taking offensive action usually causes more problems than it solves. Getting away if you can is the best solution, but can be tough in some situations, as can merely changing lanes.

danzio56

Reminds me of the opening scene from Christmas Vacation until you got to the part with the gun.

Corvette_Ed

Believe me, the whole situation was completely surreal, but it got really real at the end of it all. I just hope I'm never put in another situation where I feel the need to pull my gun out. I never had to when I was a LEO in my early 20's, and honestly thought I never would.

72GACRZR

Could be perspective, when you look back in the mirrors. the other cars look closer than they really are. Check it in your drive way with another vehicle behind yours. Set the other behind you where you can see the Corvette's tires touching the pavement and then get in it and see what it looks like from inside. Move the other car back and forth and check again from inside and out.

Corvette_Ed

It's not perspective. As I mentioned in my OP, I couldn't see anything but his headlights in my rear view mirror. If he'd been following at a normal distance I would have been able to see everything from his bumper on up. I've been driving Vette's for over six years and am well accustomed to the depth perception tricks it can play.

Vet Interested

Corvette_Ed

sfrank2886

Yes please, Thank You!

theandrewo