I am getting tired of cars flying around me in the left turning lane when I am on a 45mph road going 50mph. They wait for the few straightaways and fly around me as if I am poking and then they kick up dirt and road trash on me that has settled in the turn lane.

Usually I lay on the horn and raise my hand (no one finger salute just to be respectful of kids) and yell at them. They usually take off even faster because I guess they think I am going to come after them (I do carry a pistol)...though if I ever catch them at a signal or parking lot I will share a piece of my mind because I am a careful and respectful driver and know that they were just being an a$$ because they are like everyone else on the road...in a hurry and willing to run anyone down to get there.

Anyhow, is it illegal to throw golf balls at people when they do the above?  I feel threatened with my life when this happens and throwing golf balls is my defense mechanism.

Serowbot wrote on 07/30/14 at 13:57:21:

Guy I know carries a couple of handfuls of BBs in his pocket. If someone tailgates him  he throws a few over his shoulder. Makes a racket when they hit the car, but doesn't do any damage.

arteacher wrote on 07/30/14 at 14:29:50:


It would be my luck to hit those BBs long afterwards and go down.  As a kid raising hell I was racing cars with a "friend" who threw "clackers" out the window and continue to bounce multiple times under the car. I thought for sure it had done major damage.  For those who don't know what the clackers are, it was two golf ball size resin balls attached  by approx. 18" of string. No, I wouldn't throw anything at them, you could end up killing someone and it may not be the driver.  I had a customer that drove a semi.  What he did to mess with the jerks was to mount locomotive air horns sideways under the cab, one to the right and one to the left. he reported these were very effective when the driver was directly beside them.  Unfortunately we don't have the room or compressor but his stories always makes me smile.

I do know guys that ride with dirty washer/nutss... "musta come off something" a buddy of mine with some bangsnaps https://www.google.com/search?q=bangsnaps&safe=off&espv=2&tbm=isch&tbo=u&sour... They just pop and flash on impact with a windsheild, i almost always ride wih my g/f and her rebel 250...its soooo slow.... so we move out of the way of, well, everything. But when i'm on my own i just don't let them squeeze me out if i can. It's definitely not worth it to get into an extended "space" war with a cager, they will win.  

Yeah, I am generally a safe driver and am very defensive because I trust no one in a cage when i am on my bike.  It's not the passing in the passing lane or swooping around me on a 4 lane that gets me, it's the jerks that pass on a 150' center turn lane that have to gun it and shoot around me before the turn lane cuts off and it puts me at risk because if I don't yield aggressively to the right they will run me off the road because the 150' turn lane is NOWHERE near enough to pass someone at 50+mph.

I will probably never do anything bad because I am a nice guy and I was irritated today (well...for a while now) because work sucks a big fat egg right now and I was already irritated this morning before I left the house.

However...shall I see the same black Chrysler 300 another morning you can bet your sweet behiney he'll have hell to pay if there is oncoming traffic the whole way into town....can we say 15mph for 3 miles?

P.S. Has anyone successfully taken a video to the police of some of this erratic driving and had the person in the video cited for reckless driving or at least contacted (using the tag to ID them) to shake them up?

BTW... there have been several prosecutions of perps bragging on youtube.

If they can identify who it is, at least they'll be watching.

Sounds like I need to set up a little 'sting operation'