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For tailgaiting drivers here are some things I do: I have a modulating brake lamp and I use hand signals. If someone is too close I extend my left arm down at the elbow, hand flat and motion it backwards - as in back off a bit. Most drivers see the signal and drop back; the knuckleheads who don't I try to move out of there way and fight the urger to flip them off. Have a great day.

-Whiskers

Originally Posted by Rickster

That is a very well written, and all good advice.
Other motorist fallowing me to close is something I find that I can usualy do something about. If it is convenient, I just change lanes, or pull over and let them go by. If it's not convenient, I watch them in my rear view mirror, than I let off the gas just enough for them to have to let off there gas. As soon as I see them slowing down, I speed up. The bike, any bike can pick up speed much faster than most cars. This creates a large gap, at least for a short time. Most pepole wake up if I do this two, or three times, and they drop back a bit. Sometimes the gap is wide enough that some other car, hopefully with a more couretous driver get's between us. There have also been a time or two when the driver behind me has gotten upset, when this happens, I get out of there way, even if it's not convenient. I think that the number of drivers out there that would run into someone on purpose is very few, but I'm not going to take the chance that that's not one of them behind me.