As much as I dislike aggressive drivers, I don't think flashing strobes in
the eyes of another driver is a good idea.  The odds are favorable that the
victim will cause a wreck.  It used to be that when tailgated, I'd just slow
down more and more until the jerk would pass me, but anymore the jerks are
armed and willing to demonstrate their lack of respect for life with cars
and weapons.  Just my $.02.

Scott Paddock
'87 Vanagon Wolfsburg "Rolf"
'93 Eurovan GL "Gita"

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
Of Sean O'Neil
Sent: Friday, August 27, 1999 11:29 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Tail lights 'n gators (vent)

Being somewhat of an advanced amateur photographer, I have tried,  with
great
success taking a flash picture through my back window, usually with the help
of
an equally terrified co-driver. We are talking nighttime on roads in New
Brunswick with a pulpwood truck  -right up our ass- for twenty or thirty
miles.
This is a very dangerous situation folks as the roads are two lane, curving
up
and down hill in every kind of weather.

There is nothing quite so startling as a pair of Vivitar 283's and the
license
plate they illuminate firing off on a black rainy road. I get a record of
how
close the as*hole was driving and his plate at the same time. Tends to make
them
back off quick.

Tony Peet wrote:

> God I HATE tailgaters and it seems there are more of them than not these
> days! It's a really agressive and stupid thing to do.  I feel like the
> biggest morons can put me and others at risk.......and a bunch of them
STILL
> DO IT IN HEAVILY RAINY/FOGGY CONDITIONS!!!