Woman riding my bumber

Geo-TH,In · Jul 12, 2016

Woman rode my my bumper all the way to town, while she was using both hands fixing her hair . I was doing speed limit too.

I made sure not to stop fast. Why me?

jacksun65 · Jul 12, 2016

Next time let the wife sit in the car with you and you won't have that problem. LOL

chuck2015 · Jul 12, 2016

(quoted from post at 10:46:01 07/12/16) Woman rode my my bumper all the way to town, while she was using both hands fixing her hair . I was doing speed limit too.

I made sure not to stop fast. Why me?

It happens to me all the time..people ride the bumper and I usually run at the limit or slightly above.I guess amoving auto is a good place to do makeup? I see that often

Bob Bancroft · Jul 12, 2016

Am I the only one who thinks about slamming on the brakes when someone has ridden my bumper for an extended period of time?

Ray · Jul 12, 2016

I see that everyday. I live on a state highway and go to town every morning. Lots of people running late for work. I drive around 60 in a 55 zone and people have to brake to keep from running into me. They pass on the yellow line, have near head on collisions with oncoming traffic. Then I come up behind them at the traffic light in town. Those grain hauler semi's do the same thing.

Geo-TH,In · Jul 12, 2016

Don't have a wife

Determined · Jul 12, 2016

(quoted from post at 13:21:23 07/12/16) Am I the only one who thinks about slamming on the brakes when someone has ridden my bumper for an extended period of time?

No Bob you are not, what I do is grab a couple of gears so there is no brake lights to alert the idiot, I watch closely and when there eyeballs look the size of tennis balls in my mirror I get back on the gas so they do not run into me, very effective.
Second option is to turn on my left hand signal light and keep on driving, even stupid folk are scared to pass when the vehicle ahead of them has the left blinker flashing.

FBH44 · Jul 12, 2016

Years ago I had a big motorcycle tail=gating me, driving centered right between my rear wheels, down Mo. 50, heading home from the Red Power Roundup in Sedalia. Came over a hill and right in middle of my lane was a huge bloody dead dog. Happened so fast I couldn't swerve, I centered the truck, lined up and drove right over him, and looked in the rear view mirror. Doofus couldn't swerve or do anything at 60 mph except up and over, spewing blood and guts and hair.... he didn't lay it down, but he sure quit the tail-gating.

old · Jul 12, 2016

When people do that to me I try hitting the brake peddle a few times to get them to back off. If that does not work I just take my foot off the throttle pedal and slow down till they are going so slow they are now legal and no longer driving to close to me. If they end up hitting me when I let off of the throttle oh well they buy my car

Steve in VA · Jul 12, 2016

I've had very good luck simply by deciding it's time to wash the windshield. Seems the tailgater will risk life and limb [yours and theirs] but hate to get spray on their vehicle. Washer fluid is cheap and the dually acts like it comes from a garden hose. Almost without exception they back off without me adding to the risk.

Goose · Jul 12, 2016

Back in the late '80's we had an '85 GMC full sized conversion van with a 6.2 diesel engine. The tailpipes had been modified to go straight out under the rear bumper instead of exiting behind the rear wheels.

Once on I-76 in Colorado my wife was driving and I was riding shotgun. A biker pulled up within ten feet of our rear bumper and let us break the wind. I kept and eye on him as I wasn't too comfortable with the situation. About then we hit just enough of an upgrade for the trans to kick out of OD. A big cloud of diesel smoke puffed out of the tailpipes and instantly the biker was a couple hundred yards behind us.

He never pulled up behind us again.

RBoots · Jul 12, 2016

No, not at all. I tap the brakes 3 or 4 times, if they keep it up I'll pile on the brakes. Ain't gonna hurt my beater F250. They teach these things when you get your license. They need to remember these things, driving is something they do probably every day.

David G · Jul 12, 2016

A friend of mine had one of the V6 GM Diesels back in the day, said it would never go any faster, just smoke more. He would get tailgaters, stomped down and they backed way off.

ericlb · Jul 12, 2016

i use steve's fix, my old trucks still have the aim able washer nozzles, all the ones that still work are adjusted so they spray over the cab and land about 4 feet behind the truck, ooops! the truck that doesnt have washers has bumpers, and i mean bumpers, the rear flatbed is reinforced 1/4 inch plate, the front is welded up for me, and weighs in at around 700 lbs,the truck is a survivor

Mike(NEOhio) · Jul 12, 2016

I used to drive IH Scouts and my rule was when the headlights got below my tailgate I stomped the brakes hard. That usually worked. Had a guy in a shiny new Audi tailing me once. All I saw was two HUGE eyes as he came to a dead stop in the road. Didn't move again till I was about 200 yards away. That one was satisfying.

ss55 · Jul 12, 2016

The windshield washers usually discourages tailgaters very well for me. When I cannot keep up with the flow of traffic I will regularly pull off at a side road to let a number of vehicles get past me at one time.

Tracy Brown · Jul 12, 2016

I let my right wheels drop off the pavement and pick up a little gravel. They back off.

01gentdc · Jul 12, 2016

well golly, with her getting her hair all dolled up and nice ,,.she was probably wanting to have a fling with ya, George LOL

fixerupper · Jul 12, 2016

Tracy a trucker friend of mine used to drop off on the shoulder when someone was tailgating his 18 wheeler. He got a woman irate once, probably because he cracked her windshield. He didn't stop to chat with her. My old Power wagon was rear ended by a tailgater wen my son was driving it. I was in the passenger seat. My son is 6'3" and I'm 6'2. We were dressed in our warm coveralls so we were bulked up pretty good. We stopped and got out and walked back there, son on the driver's side and me on the passenger side. The ag hitch on the Power wagon went right through the grill of the tailgater car and plastic was laying on the road but the Power Wagon had no damage. The driver of the car, who was of a dark nationality, stayed in the car and hunkered down in the seat getting ready to get pounded but we got back in the pickup and drove away. His eyes were as big as platters. LOL

Tim in OR · Jul 12, 2016

Back in the mid 70's I owned a chevy blazer. I left my folks house after dark and got a tailgater soon after hitting the main road. I slowed to let them go past, they didn't. I moved over onto the limited shoulder and stopped, they stopped. I stomped the gas, so did they. A 74 blazer won't out run a cady. I knew the area and turned the corner to go a mile or so to my apartment. There was a raised RR crossing about a block and a half down the road. Being a kid, I knew just how to hit the crossing so as to jump the tracks. I stomped the gas and didn't let off till I hit the jump. The cady followed me not knowing about the crossing. I watched in the mirror to see his headlights go up, and everything light up red behind him as he hit the brakes. Next I saw sparks as his front end bottomed out and he slid to a stop cross-ways in the road. I kept going, laughing all the way home. Bet he never did that again.
Tim in OR

rrman61 · Jul 13, 2016

I used to get a real kick when hauling calves to the sale barn when one of them would do their business and it would end up on the windshield of a tailgater.

jimg.allentown · Jul 13, 2016

My solution is usually to flash the brake lights a few times. If they do not back off then, I start coasting down to a safe speed for the following distance. If they are still stuck to my bumper, I just pull over and let them pass. MOST of the time.........

Pair-a-dice farm · Jul 13, 2016

(quoted from post at 13:46:01 07/12/16) Woman rode my my bumper all the way to town, while she was using both hands fixing her hair . I was doing speed limit too.

I made sure not to stop fast. Why me?

I had one on my bumper yesterday when I was hauling a load of cows. I noticed when one of the cows relieved herself that they backed off :lol:

Mike M · Jul 13, 2016

This all reminds me of a co worker said he knew a fellow biker carried a ball bearing ball in his pocket. He toss it back at those times !

I sure DO NOT recommend this or any of the below methods (except the cow method as it is all natural and green. LOL) as with the amount of road rage these days it could get you beat up or shot.

W_B · Jul 13, 2016

(quoted from post at 19:21:23 07/12/16) Am I the only one who thinks about slamming on the brakes when someone has ridden my bumper for an extended period of time?

That's my first thought, the second is: what if they don't have any insurance and/or nothing to get in a law suit?

Jimmydog · Jul 13, 2016

Just came back from a trip out east, couldn't believe how little room people leave between cars on the NY thruway. I don't recommend brake checking....I had a teenager cut me off as I was passing an semi, then she decides I'm the problem and bake checks, could have killed us both!

Had a friend who's brake light switch was a toggle switch on the dash. Often when he was being tailgate he'd just flip the switch and people would back off while he sailed along at the same speed.

I was thinking just the other day that I would like to have a bumper sticker that reads: YOUR RIDING MY A** ISN'T GOING TO MAKE THE GUY IN FRONT OF ME GO ANY FASTER! Kind of long so the font would be kind of small, but I bet some of them would still be close enough to read it.

Dang, when did I go from the aggressive driver to the old guy in the slow lane? JD

dhermesc · Jul 13, 2016

good way to get 115 grains of lead back at you at a much faster speed.

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