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- From: mgm@world.std.com (michael g moncur)
- Subject: Re: Update: Shenanigans on alt.shenanigan
- Message-ID: <By7GM0.Anw@world.std.com>
- Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
- References: <1992Nov18.053736.8016@cheshire.oxy.edu> <1992Nov18.232753.10368@reed.edu> <Bxxt79.6DL@rice.edu>
- Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1992 05:30:00 GMT
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- paulus@owlnet.rice.edu (Paul Nathan Crocker) writes:
-
- >Since I'm here... When I'm driving on a rural road and pick up a tail-
- >gater, the best way to get rid of the pests is to subtley sta weaving
- >around a little bit in the lane. Not too much (don't want to cause an
- >accident) but just enough to make the tailgater absolutely sure that you
- >are just a little drunk. You'd be surprised how quickly these menaces to the
- >road back off when they believe they are near an even bigger menace.
-
- >disclaimer: I do not suggest that you try this, particularly when in view of
- >police officials who might also be convinced by the performance.
-
- >Paul
-
- Needless to say, I don't suggest it either, but...
-
- A friend of mine had a car (a rather old Volvo station wagon) that worked
- perfectly for this. If you turn the wheel sharply back and forth, over
- and over, but not hard enough to actually turn the car, the car would
- wobble back and forth as if it was about to fall apart... (Which it
- probably was.) I have found that this works in some other cars, but not
- as well.
-
- In my old car, I had a switch rigged to the reverse lights. Whenever
- someone tailgated me, I'd flip them on. That usually caused them to slam
- immediately on the brakes...
-
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- ~`~`michael moncur - mgm@world.std.com / sysop@onlybbs.via.mind.org ~`~`
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