quote:Warning the guy can be done with hand gestures - yes, waving hands can in no way be misconstrued, be easily seen through tinted/glared windows AND it's always best to not have both hands on the wheel in traffic. GOOD SUGGESTION!quote:
It's used to light up your brake lights and warn the guy behind you he's too close. I didn't slam my brakes. I touched my brakes to put on the lights without decelerating.
LOL... 'warn' the guy. Bull***** Don't poindexter speak to make it sound like anything other than what it REALLY was about: flexing nuts/garnering some retribution on a tailgater. If you move your foot off the accelerator AND tap your break so the light comes on... you've decelerated. Warning the guy can be done with hand gestures (NOT the bird) or caution lights or even flashing your lights on and off a bunch. It's a way to go on the offensive against a tailgater and while I've not been to defensive driving in a long time, I can't remember brake checking being advocated as a way to handle tailgaters. You lost your mind for a minute on the road and turned the situation from one ******** doing ******** things to 2 ********s doing ******** things and subsequently increased the risk of all of those around you.
caution lights - yes, take your eyes off the road and a hand off the wheel while in traffic to locate and push a button that usually isn't in the easiest spot to hit. EVEN BETTER SUGGESTION
even flashing your lights on and off a bunch - yes, flash your lights a bunch so the person in front of you now is distracted in traffic wondering WTF you are doing. BEST SUGGESTION
I'm amazed that someone would think these are reasonable enough to post and that people starred it. I tap my brakes all the time to let people behind my big ass truck (that they can't see around) know that there's traffic ahead. I've never had anyone flip out over that in 4 years of driving in Houston.
I guess I've been lucky enough not to have you behind me.
ETA: Just for curiosity's sake I did some searching while insomniac. I can't find a single reference that suggests any of your recommended solutions. In fact, they all state that tapping the brakes IS the method to use.