Hey Liz-t-s,

I've got a great way to really piss tailgaters off - in both usages of that expression, i.e. annoy the hell out of them, and get them to piss off and leave me alone. The other advantage is that I get my mischievous jollies out of it for the day - I drive off grinning like a cheshire cat.

My trick is not to speed up, not to try to move into a different lane, or pull over. I actually slow down a couple of kilometres *below* the speed limit. If they were impatient before, then this really winds them up and they can't out from behind me fast enough. *They* end up changing lanes as soon as possible, and then after they do that I take my time and change lanes out of the way of other, more polite, motorists.

The last time I did this I had to slow down 20 (yes 20!) kms below the speed limit before they got the message. Still worked though! I had sympathy for the other motorists behind us but it was worth it, and after the b*****ds took off ahead I just sped back up to the speed limit and we were all a lot better off.

Just picture me with a wicked grin on my face, looking like Cruella de Ville, driving along at 60 kms an hour in an 80 zone.

Helen