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I was on my 1/2 hour ride due to cold weather yesterday and some Arse in a car was so close to my Arse, I couldn't see him unless I swerved back and forth. If I move my mirrors any narrower, I just see me.

I should have just pulled over on the shoulder but I only had a mile or so to go. He must not have seen that I don't ride a Volvo with a collision avoidance system. My fault for doing the speed limit.

GET OUT OF MY ARSE.

unfortunately it's an all too common occurrence... best thing is to keep your anger in check - they're certainly not going to change and give you the luxury of time and space...

Keep a couple of old bolts in the tank bag. Drop them over your shoulder...

Me I couldn't get past that trike in your userpic, just imagining an enraged man going down the highway, pedaling like mad.

Ok, I'm over it. Personally I like what the Kouriers/Thrashers from the book Snowcrash did. They would slap these big a** permanent stickers on the cars of the people who tried to mess with them.

Peel off the adhesive backing, throw, stuck for good.

Rambling...

Was it someone on this forum that said he used to keep a few racket balls in his jacket pocket, or was it somewhere else? Anyways someone said that they used to find stray racket balls in their yard so they would put one or two in their jacket pocket and when someone came too close or did something stupid they would toss the ball against the bike's back tire, propelling it into the car's windshield.

Sounds a little far fetched, but a nice idea.

I hate tailgaters too. Usually if there are no cars in front of me ill drop down a gear and bolt away for a few seconds. Then they must think im some nutcase or something cause they usually back off after that.

Kitty wrote:Me I couldn't get past that trike in your userpic, just imagining an enraged man going down the highway, pedaling like mad.

Ok, I'm over it. Personally I like what the Kouriers/Thrashers from the book Snowcrash did. They would slap these big a** permanent stickers on the cars of the people who tried to mess with them.

Peel off the adhesive backing, throw, stuck for good.

Rambling...

Was it someone on this forum that said he used to keep a few racket balls in his jacket pocket, or was it somewhere else? Anyways someone said that they used to find stray racket balls in their yard so they would put one or two in their jacket pocket and when someone came too close or did something stupid they would toss the ball against the bike's back tire, propelling it into the car's windshield.

Sounds a little far fetched, but a nice idea.

Good book!

We discussed ways to get tailgaters off our butts before on another forum. One idea was to use the rear windshield wiper sprayer, strategically pointed rearward of course. That was easily activated by, well, the rear wiper switch. Tailgater too close for comfort?? Squirt them. Not enough to be dangerous to inpede their vision, but enough to annoy them and lightly sprinkle their windshield.

Of course, this could end up being a civil issue knowing the way Americans behave. The angry tailgater would call you in, and file suit for something stupid like "squirted with inkown substance, possibly harmful to my car and chemically deadly" Of course ignore the fact I put myself in such a tailgating position, but I was "wronged" by being sprayed.

I almost did something stupid. Quickly change back and forth to 10 over the limit and back to the speed limit. If done quickly, 10 mph is only enough to get him to move his foot back and forth, while I just twist my wrist. I could have ended up the looser, so that's why its a stupid idea.

But I also like the rubber ball idea better just be sure to carry only one in case the police are called in. You look guilty if you have several, but if you don't have any ?

I dunno, anyone who plans on throwing things needs to take road rage into consideration. Who knows if the person you just tossed an object at is a psycho who now has a 3,000 pound weapon to use against you.

I generally flash my brake light and add 1 finger salute. Never failed to get the message across yet.

I gave up on subtle solutions a long time ago