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CivPilot · 28th May 2007, 12:14

I cannot beleive that people here think brake testing is ok??????

Read what others are saying, they are trying to help you and offer alternatives to being the potential cause of a nasty accident, or worse, a screwdriver through the neck at the next set of lights from the maniac who you just brake tested.
You may think that is harsh, but cast your mind back to Stephen Cameron, killed in a road rage incident by Kenneth Noye. If someone is aggressive enough to tail gate you, then they are agressive enough to suffer road rage. And who is to say they are not another Kenneth Noye. Stop living in a dream and acting indignant by brake testing other people.... you never know who it is in the other car.

Brake testing is the single most dangerous (and road rage inducing according to a couple of BIB mates) thing you can do when driving a car. I hardly ever see road rage incidents directed at me... but again, I don't brake test people if they do get too close..... Think there might be a link in there somewhere

If you get a tailgater, just blend out of the throttle a few mph to give yourself more room to the car in front of you and if possible, and I stress only if possible to do so safely, move slightly over to the left to give the tailgater a better view up the road. Give him every opportunity to overtake you. If they still don't get the message, wash your windscreen, they can't get angry at you for it as it is a basic function of your car and they are not to know your windscreen is not dirty. If will also cover their screen forcing them to wash thiers. Now if they still tailgate... do it again... whos to say that their isnt a nasty bit of dead fly that just won't shift... eventually they will get sick of constantly washing thier screen and drop back. In all my years of driving when I have had to resort to the screen wash tactic it has never failed, and more importantly, never incited road rage.

From now on I'm steering well clear of any "civinfo" stickered Civic's on the off change they are one of these people who think that brake testing is ok. Utterly dismayed that people are not listening to some very good advice and still think its "ok" to do such an amazingly dangerous thing.

28th May 2007, 12:14	#12 (permalink)
CivPilot 您看了 Triangular Exhaust Join Date: 1st May 2006 Location: Surrey/Hants Posts: 441 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I cannot beleive that people here think brake testing is ok?????? Read what others are saying, they are trying to help you and offer alternatives to being the potential cause of a nasty accident, or worse, a screwdriver through the neck at the next set of lights from the maniac who you just brake tested. You may think that is harsh, but cast your mind back to Stephen Cameron, killed in a road rage incident by Kenneth Noye. If someone is aggressive enough to tail gate you, then they are agressive enough to suffer road rage. And who is to say they are not another Kenneth Noye. Stop living in a dream and acting indignant by brake testing other people.... you never know who it is in the other car. Brake testing is the single most dangerous (and road rage inducing according to a couple of BIB mates) thing you can do when driving a car. I hardly ever see road rage incidents directed at me... but again, I don't brake test people if they do get too close..... Think there might be a link in there somewhere If you get a tailgater, just blend out of the throttle a few mph to give yourself more room to the car in front of you and if possible, and I stress only if possible to do so safely, move slightly over to the left to give the tailgater a better view up the road. Give him every opportunity to overtake you. If they still don't get the message, wash your windscreen, they can't get angry at you for it as it is a basic function of your car and they are not to know your windscreen is not dirty. If will also cover their screen forcing them to wash thiers. Now if they still tailgate... do it again... whos to say that their isnt a nasty bit of dead fly that just won't shift... eventually they will get sick of constantly washing thier screen and drop back. In all my years of driving when I have had to resort to the screen wash tactic it has never failed, and more importantly, never incited road rage. From now on I'm steering well clear of any "civinfo" stickered Civic's on the off change they are one of these people who think that brake testing is ok. Utterly dismayed that people are not listening to some very good advice and still think its "ok" to do such an amazingly dangerous thing.