"Legal" ways of retaliating against obnoxious cagers??
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Originally Posted by sbhikes
. . . .- Imagine all 4 of their tires going flat at once. They'll have to call a tow-truck. If both your tires went flat, you could simply push your bike home. . . .
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Get their license plate number, report them to the police.
In many areas, the police will call or visit them. If the police don't do anything, start putting pressure on the police and elected officials. When enough people put enough pressure on the elected officials, they make sure that the police do something.
Where I live, the police have long been supportive of bicyclists and pedestrians. They will call on the first report. They will visit on the second report. And on the third report (I really like this one), they will write a letter to the driver's insurance company (well technically, it's the car's insurance company) on police letterhead stating that the driver has been involved in nasty incidents with bikes and/or pedestrians.
I know of one driver who had his insurance rates tripled because of such a letter from the local police. Best part is that the insurance companies trade info with each other, so when he tried to switch insurance companies, all the others quoted similar rates to him.
In many areas, the police will call or visit them. If the police don't do anything, start putting pressure on the police and elected officials. When enough people put enough pressure on the elected officials, they make sure that the police do something.
Where I live, the police have long been supportive of bicyclists and pedestrians. They will call on the first report. They will visit on the second report. And on the third report (I really like this one), they will write a letter to the driver's insurance company (well technically, it's the car's insurance company) on police letterhead stating that the driver has been involved in nasty incidents with bikes and/or pedestrians.
I know of one driver who had his insurance rates tripled because of such a letter from the local police. Best part is that the insurance companies trade info with each other, so when he tried to switch insurance companies, all the others quoted similar rates to him.
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Originally Posted by Daily Commute
Not to be picky, but if both of your tires went flat, why couldn't you just use the spare tube you carry for one and the patch kit for the other?
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The best legal response: trick them into chasing you, then ride through a wall of fog at the top of the new highway ramp, duck to the side of the road, and hide. They'll drive right through the barriers and over the edge and plummet to their deaths, a la Quicksilver.
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Find out where the a$$hole lives. If he has a pretty young daughter, get acquainted with her. Start seeing her regularly. Park you bike on his front porch and hang out in lycra racing garb all the time. If things go well, marry the girl. If not, just have crazy sex with her on his bed when he's not home.
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Go to the local fishing bait and tackle store. Buy a pound of frozen squid bait. Find his car. Find the ledge behind the front bumper of said car. Distribute frozen squid upon said bumper. Wait.
When they defrost and start rotting, he'll turn on his a/c one day and it will suck in rotting squid fumes when it goes to the vent mode. Lots of things smell horrible...but rotting squid really take the cake.
The best part is that he won't be able to find it...no one looks behind their bumper! Even if he did find it...he still has to clean it up!
When they defrost and start rotting, he'll turn on his a/c one day and it will suck in rotting squid fumes when it goes to the vent mode. Lots of things smell horrible...but rotting squid really take the cake.
The best part is that he won't be able to find it...no one looks behind their bumper! Even if he did find it...he still has to clean it up!
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the pie in the sky solution: orbital anvil bombardment. (I just have this thing about wanting to see a 100kg anvil strike an Escalade or H2 at terminal velocity)
the illegal solution: find the car, get some thermite, burn a hole in their engine block.
the legal one: license plate reading + lawn forking/toiletpapering, boxing, etc.
btw...when contemplating the bazooka method, remember the innocent bystanders behind you and don't forget to yell "Backblast area CLEAR!"
the illegal solution: find the car, get some thermite, burn a hole in their engine block.
the legal one: license plate reading + lawn forking/toiletpapering, boxing, etc.
btw...when contemplating the bazooka method, remember the innocent bystanders behind you and don't forget to yell "Backblast area CLEAR!"
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Hand grenades. Weighted, rubber, training hand grenades. Who cares it they're bright orange - ride with one or two strapped to the shoulder straps of your pack, and if someone gives you a hard time, pull the pin and toss one into the driver's lap, then bike away.
Okay, that might be pushing at the bounds of decency and good taste a little.
The next best thing I think would be a handle bar mounted mini digi-cam to record make, model and plate no. also time and date stamp would be a good idea if you want to forward pics to the cops. I've got a thread-on camera mount clamped to my bars for taking pictures of scenery, and I can't imagine a better use for it.
Okay, that might be pushing at the bounds of decency and good taste a little.
The next best thing I think would be a handle bar mounted mini digi-cam to record make, model and plate no. also time and date stamp would be a good idea if you want to forward pics to the cops. I've got a thread-on camera mount clamped to my bars for taking pictures of scenery, and I can't imagine a better use for it.
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Originally Posted by DigitalQuirk
Note their license plate. Use one of the many on-line services to obtain their name and address by doing a <a style='text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 3px double;' href="https://www.qklinkserver.com/lm/rtl3.asp?si=92&k=reverse%20search&st=1" onmouseover="window.status='Search for: reverse search'; self.ql_skeyphrase='reverse%20search'; if(window.event) self.ql_sevent=window.event.srcElement; self.ql_timeout = setTimeout('ql_doMouseOver(1)', 1000); self.ql_isOverLink=true; return true;" onclick="if(self.ql_timeout) clearTimeout(self.ql_timeout); self.ql_isOverTip = false; ql_closeiframe(); self.ql_skeyphrase='reverse%20search'; window.status='Search for: reverse search';return true;" onmouseout="window.status=''; if(self.ql_timeout) clearTimeout(self.ql_timeout); self.ql_isOverTip = false; setTimeout('ql_closeiframe()', 1500); ">reverse search</a> on the license plate number (google 'license plate reverse search'). Most cases, it's a heterosexual male who's the offender. Give him a paid one-year subscription to gay porn as a "Gift" from his "Secret lover." If he's married, you can bet what he'll get will be far worse than what he dished out. If you feel like doing a bit more investigative work, you can determine where they work, and have it sent there.
If you don't feel like paying money, you can still send him all the "Freebies" and newsletters you can find on-line that relate to *****exuality.
You would be amazed at how much you can find out about someone simply from their license plate number.
If you don't feel like paying money, you can still send him all the "Freebies" and newsletters you can find on-line that relate to *****exuality.
You would be amazed at how much you can find out about someone simply from their license plate number.
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Originally Posted by Ngchen
Let's start a thread solely dedicated to ways to getting back at obnoxious cagers. The honkers, tailgaters, object throwers, etc. Keep the ideas creative, but they have to be legal . So the bazooka shot to the head is out.
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Originally Posted by krazygluon
the pie in the sky solution: orbital anvil bombardment. (I just have this thing about wanting to see a 100kg anvil strike an Escalade or H2 at terminal velocity)
the illegal solution: find the car, get some thermite, burn a hole in their engine block.
the legal one: license plate reading + lawn forking/toiletpapering, boxing, etc.
btw...when contemplating the bazooka method, remember the innocent bystanders behind you and don't forget to yell "Backblast area CLEAR!"
the illegal solution: find the car, get some thermite, burn a hole in their engine block.
the legal one: license plate reading + lawn forking/toiletpapering, boxing, etc.
btw...when contemplating the bazooka method, remember the innocent bystanders behind you and don't forget to yell "Backblast area CLEAR!"
What the hell is lawn forking? Dare I ask what you do with the toile paper & a box?
Don't forget what others have said about the bazooka not working unless someone taps the your helmet first. So you need a friend & a helmet. I think your bike helmet will suffice, so you just need a friend, with a hand.
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The crown jewel though....I still have it....a coconut monkey. Some guy actually sent something non-freebie....and rather cool too. It now sits on top of my TV.
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Originally Posted by Ngchen
Let's start a thread solely dedicated to ways to getting back at obnoxious cagers. The honkers, tailgaters, object throwers, etc. Keep the ideas creative, but they have to be legal . So the bazooka shot to the head is out.
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I saw this on the forum somewhere: Open their rear passenger side door. They will probably have to get out of the car to close it. It's not illegal as far as I know, and provides just the right amount of annoyance.
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The other day I was riding through the Garden of The Gods park. It's usually got a fairly high volume of tourist traffic and lots of cyclists. Some fool pulled over to park in the bike lane [no parking allowed]. Idiot did this directly in front of a guy riding 25+ down the hill. Poor cyclist had to skid and work hard to avoid hitting the idiot.
While he was going off on the cager I rode by and gave the drivers window a shot from my water bottle. I think I used the Gatoraide bottle by accident I felt good about it, and the cyclist smiled and went along his way. The driver was left with a sticky reminder of his misdeed.
While he was going off on the cager I rode by and gave the drivers window a shot from my water bottle. I think I used the Gatoraide bottle by accident I felt good about it, and the cyclist smiled and went along his way. The driver was left with a sticky reminder of his misdeed.
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I would recommend against opening any doors on the car. I can hear it now, the driver will tell the police he thought he was being car jacked and that is why he knocked the guy down and ran over him, he feared for his safety. I still can't understand why some of you just itch for a confrontation and can't be the bigger person and just ride away.
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Originally Posted by N_C
What the hell is lawn forking? Dare I ask what you do with the toile paper & a box?
Don't forget what others have said about the bazooka not working unless someone taps the your helmet first. So you need a friend & a helmet. I think your bike helmet will suffice, so you just need a friend, with a hand.
Don't forget what others have said about the bazooka not working unless someone taps the your helmet first. So you need a friend & a helmet. I think your bike helmet will suffice, so you just need a friend, with a hand.
Lawn forking is when you buy a few boxes of plastic forks, and then prodece to stick all the handles of the forks into the lawn of the forkee, to be done properly, they should all be facing the same direction. Can also be done with spoons and is then called spooning. Or use a whole set and then I guess it would be called silverwaring (sporking? Plasticwaring?). And TPing is when you take toilet paper and throw it into the tree branches of any trees on the victims property. You can also saran wrap their car so it will take them 1/2 hour to get in in the morning; or Soap their windows, or....the list goes on. The boxing was mentioned earlier in this post; it's where you send the victim random stuff that you found online for free, so it doesn't cost you anything. Honest I was a good boy.
I think instead of gay porn to their house, perhaps Kiddie porn, because that wouldn't just get weird looks, it could get them in serious trouble. The only drawback is that it would require you to actually pay for that stuff, thus promoting the kiddie porn industry which is not good. Now, if you could steal an entire kiddie porn collection from some perv, and then sneak into our victims house and/or workplace, and stash it in various places where others would find it and blame it on our victim....heh heh. Don't forget to hand write the victims name into each piece of porn so they get the whole blame.
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my mtb has 1.95" slicks on it, one of their annoying habits is spitting rocks out left and right at high velocities. one time i was coming up to a red light next to a big suburban, and i felt a rock spit from the side of my tire and a loud TINK on his passenger door, it left a 1/8" nick in his paint and he looked at me wondering what that noise was. i felt bad because he was a well-behaved cager, gave me lots of room, didn't cut me off or anything. if only that hit the Tahoe that almost ran me over and honked at me for not being on the sidewalk full of people.
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Originally Posted by SingingSabre
Go to the local fishing bait and tackle store. Buy a pound of frozen squid bait. Find his car. Find the ledge behind the front bumper of said car. Distribute frozen squid upon said bumper. Wait.
When they defrost and start rotting, he'll turn on his a/c one day and it will suck in rotting squid fumes when it goes to the vent mode. Lots of things smell horrible...but rotting squid really take the cake.
The best part is that he won't be able to find it...no one looks behind their bumper! Even if he did find it...he still has to clean it up!
When they defrost and start rotting, he'll turn on his a/c one day and it will suck in rotting squid fumes when it goes to the vent mode. Lots of things smell horrible...but rotting squid really take the cake.
The best part is that he won't be able to find it...no one looks behind their bumper! Even if he did find it...he still has to clean it up!
LOL... I knew a woman who stuffed shrimp into the bed frame of her soon to be ex-boyfriend.
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I realize this is supposed to be a fun thread, but I have to admit that instead of thinking of ways to get back at drivers who annoy me, I need to think of ways to control my middle finger from pointing at the sky when they tick me off. The last thing I need is a thread like this!
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Originally Posted by SingingSabre
Go to the local fishing bait and tackle store. Buy a pound of frozen squid bait. Find his car. Find the ledge behind the front bumper of said car. Distribute frozen squid upon said bumper. Wait.
When they defrost and start rotting, he'll turn on his a/c one day and it will suck in rotting squid fumes when it goes to the vent mode. Lots of things smell horrible...but rotting squid really take the cake.
The best part is that he won't be able to find it...no one looks behind their bumper! Even if he did find it...he still has to clean it up!
When they defrost and start rotting, he'll turn on his a/c one day and it will suck in rotting squid fumes when it goes to the vent mode. Lots of things smell horrible...but rotting squid really take the cake.
The best part is that he won't be able to find it...no one looks behind their bumper! Even if he did find it...he still has to clean it up!
Originally Posted by Bikepacker67
LOL... I knew a woman who stuffed shrimp into the bed frame of her soon to be ex-boyfriend.
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Originally Posted by N_C
Pepper spray their vehicle, not them, you don't want to cause an accident. Pepper spray has a permanent dye in it. It will not come out of clothing so it may not come off of their vehicle. If the jackass does not know you did it until he sees it later all the better.
I have done this numerous times. Once was to a white escalade. I saw the vehicle about 2 weeks after, the stain was still mostly there but was coming off.
Another thing you can use is a squirt gun & the purple primer that you can find at a hardware store used for priming plastic plumbing so the glue will stick. Purple primer will never come off of any type of surface except skin. I should know I dripped some on my wife's brand new white washer, she was not happy, it is still there. I was going to do this to vehicles but the squirt gun I had leaked. If you can find one that does not leak the stuff all over you it will work. Maybe I should silicon the seams shut on the water gun to prevent it from leaking
I have done this numerous times. Once was to a white escalade. I saw the vehicle about 2 weeks after, the stain was still mostly there but was coming off.
Another thing you can use is a squirt gun & the purple primer that you can find at a hardware store used for priming plastic plumbing so the glue will stick. Purple primer will never come off of any type of surface except skin. I should know I dripped some on my wife's brand new white washer, she was not happy, it is still there. I was going to do this to vehicles but the squirt gun I had leaked. If you can find one that does not leak the stuff all over you it will work. Maybe I should silicon the seams shut on the water gun to prevent it from leaking
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Originally Posted by orange leader
too bad all my friends lost their hands throwing the practice handgrenades.
Lawn forking is when you buy a few boxes of plastic forks, and then prodece to stick all the handles of the forks into the lawn of the forkee, to be done properly, they should all be facing the same direction. Can also be done with spoons and is then called spooning. Or use a whole set and then I guess it would be called silverwaring (sporking? Plasticwaring?). And TPing is when you take toilet paper and throw it into the tree branches of any trees on the victims property. You can also saran wrap their car so it will take them 1/2 hour to get in in the morning; or Soap their windows, or....the list goes on. The boxing was mentioned earlier in this post; it's where you send the victim random stuff that you found online for free, so it doesn't cost you anything. Honest I was a good boy.
I think instead of gay porn to their house, perhaps Kiddie porn, because that wouldn't just get weird looks, it could get them in serious trouble. The only drawback is that it would require you to actually pay for that stuff, thus promoting the kiddie porn industry which is not good. Now, if you could steal an entire kiddie porn collection from some perv, and then sneak into our victims house and/or workplace, and stash it in various places where others would find it and blame it on our victim....heh heh. Don't forget to hand write the victims name into each piece of porn so they get the whole blame.
Lawn forking is when you buy a few boxes of plastic forks, and then prodece to stick all the handles of the forks into the lawn of the forkee, to be done properly, they should all be facing the same direction. Can also be done with spoons and is then called spooning. Or use a whole set and then I guess it would be called silverwaring (sporking? Plasticwaring?). And TPing is when you take toilet paper and throw it into the tree branches of any trees on the victims property. You can also saran wrap their car so it will take them 1/2 hour to get in in the morning; or Soap their windows, or....the list goes on. The boxing was mentioned earlier in this post; it's where you send the victim random stuff that you found online for free, so it doesn't cost you anything. Honest I was a good boy.
I think instead of gay porn to their house, perhaps Kiddie porn, because that wouldn't just get weird looks, it could get them in serious trouble. The only drawback is that it would require you to actually pay for that stuff, thus promoting the kiddie porn industry which is not good. Now, if you could steal an entire kiddie porn collection from some perv, and then sneak into our victims house and/or workplace, and stash it in various places where others would find it and blame it on our victim....heh heh. Don't forget to hand write the victims name into each piece of porn so they get the whole blame.
As for the seran wrap idea love it. Better though is restraunt supply plastic wrap. 2k foot rolls of it heheh.