Re: Tailgaters, what do you do to combat them?

On Thu, 08 May 2008 20:05:00 +1000d, Scotty Blathered on
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> We have all had them (or in some cases been the offender), tailgaters.
> 
> I had a bloody Truck on the M1 This morning at 5:30am, medium to heavy
> traffic and this prick in a truck and trailer (Type that hauls dirt)
> decided that the 2 second rule should be the 1metre rule (I kid you not)
> and at 100Ks I was very pissed off!
> 
> I slowed to around 90 so that he got the idea until he decided that the
> 10m gap in the next lane (and he was around 15m long) was a better
> option.  I pulled up along side as traffic in my lane was then moving
> faster (we were all down to 80ish at this stage) and saw that he was
> right up some poor ole ladies rear bumper, I couldnt read his number
> plate due to mud on it but did get his truck details and trans****t
> company name.
> 
> My question is, What do you do in this situation?
> 
> Hitting the picks wouldve resulted in my wife burying me in a few days
> time and my kids being without a dad.
> 
> Ive tried re****ting this behaviour to the local police but they just
> dont give a **** they have donuts to eat.
> 
> Following the bastard untl he stopped and dragging the prick out to beat
> him sensless would be the bodies best idea but the brain was kind of
> against it.
> 
> I really do hate these cowboys being on our roads and Id love for them
> to realise just what a danger they are to the cars in front of em. 
> Short of slowing to a halt and shooting the ignorant prick in the head
> Im slightly at a loss.
> 
> Any ideas (useful ones) people?
> 
> 
> 
> Scotty


Not about that...
But.
There's a ****load of construction work going on about Brisbane at the 
moment. not the least of which are toll roads and tunnels.
The spoil form that effort is being carted by jerks just like the one you 
encountered.
The interesting idea I have is to foreshadow a FOI request to GovCo as to 
just how many deaths, injuries etc are caused during this period of 
activity - to  wit - from start of the toll tunnel, bridge duplication  
and watergrid projects etc to completion.
In other words, all prangs involving construction related traffic and 
specifically truck related prangs.


The idea is to get GovCo ****ing itself about being shafted by a class 
action when the dust settles.
Needless to say a court case will be able to bring forth the fact that 
those jerkoff drivers are very probably on piece rates. Now that would be 
fun indeed, because that could well go down the negligence path for both 
GovCo and their construction industry suck-holes.





-- 
Toby