LOL!
OK, there's at least 2 things about this pic. that don't make any sense:
1.) Why put that behemoth of a machine on 2 flatbeds when it already has wheels?
2.) Just how in the heck would 2 seperate trucks keep that thing on their respective beds when cornering?

OK, maybe a couple more:

3.) Who in the heck is crazy enough to drive either of those semi's?
4.) Just exactly how fast do you think they'd move?

 

I re-read this thread after I got an email about that picture - man that’s a big truck.

Every so often, I look at the Advanced Drivers Institute and think about doing the course. One of the things they teach you is “defensive driving” - that is not doing mental things and strategies for coping with lunatics who do things like tailgating. In my own personal experience with the Crossfire is that people don’t do that to me as much as they did when I was driving my previous car. If some idiot barrels up behind me and I can move over to let them pass, then I do. It is, after all, their funeral (and on some of the roads here, it very well could be). I certainly would arrive late rather than, well, late (if you get the pun).

I do find the idiot who does want you out of their way is usually a company rep with their Mondeo, BMW or Audi who feel that there is a kind of pecking order for cars, and that you should respect it. I guess they are our version rednecks. They can get rather agressive at times. It’s best to let them have their fun, but not always immediately .

One rather interesting story. I was driving home quiote late about a year ago, and I somehow managed to collect two Japanese sports cars. I thought “here we go - they’ll be wanting to race or somehow prove their superiority” - but no, they stuck with me for a few junctions before peeling off. There was a line of 3 interesting sports cars for a while. That was fun. At times, driving late at night can be rewarding.

 

Kurts - to answer your question #2..............very, very carefully!

 

Wow, bringing up an old thread are we? LOL

 

glad I missed this one the first time....most of the answers would qualify today as "road rage", even though you are the one being tailgated...just let them go....sooner or later, they will get nailed for what they are doing...I don't think I would want to hit my brakes with some tired, pilled up idiot in a semi on my butt....not worth it...today, as I drive 2500 miles a wk, most of the gater's are either on a cell phone, texting, and yes, reading the newspaper...so, hitting your brakes with one of these idiots on your tail just might get you hit...but, it was an interesting read...be patient, be careful...don't want to bend the XF, there aren't many body panels available...I like the, just speed away technique if you can't be patient.

 

The windshield jets work, especiially if you're followed too closely by someone in a nice car. If it's stop and go & they're too close when you're stopped, put the shifter in reverse. DO NOT FORGET you're in reverse before you hit the gas again. They'll think you'll forget to take it out of reverse! I wish I'd done that when the Mercedes that mashed me was too close. If it's night time, keep a flashlight handy. Need I say more?

 

I know I shouldn't do it but in my wife's Taurus the right windshield washer shoots mostly way over the car. Great entertainment for those tailgaters in range. Other than that I move over and let them on thier merry way. I don't want to be part of the problem.

 

I have had the windshield washer thing done to me...and I wasn't tailgaiting the guy, we were in traffic...I have a good memory....lol

 

oledoc2u -- If it was a red Taurus with a wing on the trunk, a baby seat in the back, tan interior, 79 plates -- it wasn't me you can't prove it.

 

now that's funny....pull over we need to talk...lol.........a wing on the trunk....lol

 

Around here there is plenty of sand on the road. Lean left or right and watch the dust storm begin. Go fast enough and stay ahead cause they will be pissed!

 

~ pa drivers are the worst for fast lane driving at slower speeds.

 

If there is room, I just speed up and get over. If we're packed in and someone is tailing, I use my emergency flashers to wake them up. If that does'nt get their attention, then I let off the gas. But NEVER use the brakes, they'll hit you before they can react.

 

Factory wing! not a ricer one, Don't get me wrong!

 

Ive done it all and at this point think the best is that they are dumb and do I want to try and educate them. Using the crossfires rear as a training aid is not too smart or cost effective. Slow to the speed limit and let them go around, your not going to get them to think and there are way more than you want to deal with.

Its fun to buzz the other guy but its not smart, they may hit you and thats another kind of aggravation.

Mello Woody, who would have thunk it.

 

What my friend used to do with his van was use the rear window wiper to hold a tennis ball in place. When he got tailgated he would turn on the rear washers and it would release the ball and shoot a stream of water. It made my day when he did it to some idiot in a civic.

 

A variation on a bikers trick.

I had a minivan with a sunroof. The ridges in the roof top would guide nylon ball bearings right off the back of the tailgate.
Somebody stayed too close, too long, had no idea where the loud sound came from when it hit their hood, or their windshield.
But, they backed off.

Bikers use steel *****.


Drastic action but it should teach the youg'uns
don't mess with old guys.

Theyed just a soon kill ya.


roadster with a tick

 

My dad drove with his rear view mirror tilted way up so he could not see the cars behind him. I asked him why? He said that he did not want to get upset by all the a-holes tailgating behind him. He may have had a good point

 

I always seem to have tailgaters and road ragerswhen traveling east on Hwy 70 MO. Always seem to have my wife in the car too which puts quite a govener on my reactions. Once had to dim wits in a ford ranger go through hell and high water to stay on my tail! Id punch it and leave them over and over but wifey says slow down now so they eventually would catch up or Id get stuck behind 2 semis and have to sit there and wait.

Recently in our caliber, some nut in a f150 was tailgating us. I moved over but took my time doing so.... . So he gets along side and just hangs there because I was coming up on a semi and would be blocked in my him. So I punched that little caliber for all it had and got in front of him agsin which increased his tailgating all the more. I tap my brakes (which is more effective if you include a little sharp tap of the steering wheel) he gats closer passes and then drives down the center lane. We watched him do this over and over to others.

PS Franc...bikers love to toss sparkplugs too heh heh