The Motorcycle Safety Foundation courses teach an effective technique that I
have found works well for both cars and bikes.
Slow down while being tailgated. Most often, the follower gets the message, or
wakes up, and realizes how close he/she is and backs off. In those cases where
the offending driver does not back off, you have opened up a bigger safe zone in
front of you where you will be less likely to have to stop quickly, and suffer
the mass of metal up your behind.
Give it a try sometime. I'm always surprised with how well it works.
jim
"Wm. Severin Thompson" wrote:
> I find that often when driving a Healey, people will tailgate you just to
> try to read the badge on the back of the car... and that's a pretty
> dangerous situation.
>
> If I get someone tailing me too close, I'll point the thumb at them to
> suggest they back off. If they don't get the message, and we're coming up on
> a stoplight, I've been known to get out of the car and ask if they have a
> personal problem, or if they'd like one.
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