How To Stop Tailgaters.. Lol..

[TheTrueMoron]

anyone with a good link to low quality vid for long hours and longer battery life for a driving dash cam ? sounds like a weird idea but its actually a smart idea to save alot of money in the future .

 

 

IMO, higher quality would be better so that you could clearly see license plate #'s in the video. Mine isn't clear enough for that but it's good enough to see what's going on, and for $50 I don't expect GoPro quality. In regards to battery life, these usually have cigarette outlet power cables so you can just run it off your truck's power. I used an add-a-fuse system to add in another outlet under my dash and ran the power cable up through the headliner and out with the rearview mirror cables for a clean install. My camera sits just to the left and below my rearview mirror. Here's a bunch of cheap dashcam DVRs (keep in mind most of these do not come with a memory card and do not have internal memory):

 

http://www.dealextreme.com/c/car-dvr-cameras-1505

 

And this is similar to mine: http://www.dealextreme.com/p/hd-wide-angle-digital-vehicle-car-dvr-camcorder-w-motion-detection-sd-hdmi-2-5-lcd-59139

A cheaper version: http://www.dealextreme.com/p/2-5-tft-lcd-1-4-cmos-300k-pixel-vehicle-mount-video-recorder-camcorder-w-sd-mmc-slot-120-degree-47144

 

Amazon also has a pretty decent selection of these type of cheapies and other, much more expensive dashcams.

[spankrz]

I hate to bring this thread back up, but my friends and I were talking today about keeping tailgaters at bay and I remembered this thread. I would love to get one of these signs and put it on my truck to keep people away, but I'm not sure about the legality of this. Is it illegal to just stick one of these on without a reason? I can imagine that if I get in a wreck, the first responder is going to freak and in the end I'll be left with a hefty hazmat response bill on top of a fine.

 

 

as for the comment about the brake checking, if someone rear ends you, they are not automatically at fault, especially if it can be proven you brake checked them or caused them to hit you by hard braking for no reason.. The act of brake checking someone falls under Road Rage and Aggressive Driving Tactics in most states, I'd be checking your local laws before putting someone at risk like that (not that I haven't brake checked annoying a-holes myself). Just don't assume they will be at fault.

 

 

they are automatically at fault in the state of kentucky, no questions asked.

 

sometimes i wish a little corolla would bump into me at a stoplight, just enough to ding my bumper but not fold it into the bedside. then i would buy a ranch hand bumper but, my luck, a deisel would hit me going 30+ and total my little thin popcan of a truck

[truckofwinandawesome]

I'm almost tempted to make a bumper sticker that says "I'm a Collision Repair Technician, care to Find out how much your Airbags Cost? if not, DO NOT TAILGATE ME!"

[Morgan1986]

I'm almost tempted to make a bumper sticker that says "I'm a Collision Repair Technician, care to Find out how much your Airbags Cost? if not, DO NOT TAILGATE ME!"

 

how much do air bags cost ?

[truckofwinandawesome]

They cost anywhere from $500 to $3000.

 

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[Morgan1986]

They cost anywhere from $500 to $3000.

 

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I wonder how much it cost to make them . Sounds like a great profit margin. and most cars have them .

[Prokopchuk_9]

when i get a tailgater, i give them a couple brake checks. if they continue. i speed up then slam it into 1st gear..only do this when im by myself. wifey and kid not in the vehicle. i got a dent in my back bumper that will get fixed for free if he does hit me

[Morgan1986]

when i get a tailgater, i give them a couple brake checks. if they continue. i speed up then slam it into 1st gear..only do this when im by myself. wifey and kid not in the vehicle. i got a dent in my back bumper that will get fixed for free if he does hit me

 

1st gear your going to blow your tranny out ..... lol not to smart.

[Prokopchuk_9]

when i get a tailgater, i give them a couple brake checks. if they continue. i speed up then slam it into 1st gear..only do this when im by myself. wifey and kid not in the vehicle. i got a dent in my back bumper that will get fixed for free if he does hit me

 

1st gear your going to blow your tranny out ..... lol not to smart.

 

 

it doesnt let you shift into 1st if ur goin to fast. i should say whatever gear it will let me go into LOL...and by the way it doesnt slam into gear. when you shift on the coloumn it shifts. just like when you stomp on it to pass. never blow your tranny...

[Morgan1986]

when i get a tailgater, i give them a couple brake checks. if they continue. i speed up then slam it into 1st gear..only do this when im by myself. wifey and kid not in the vehicle. i got a dent in my back bumper that will get fixed for free if he does hit me

 

1st gear your going to blow your tranny out ..... lol not to smart.

 

 

it doesnt let you shift into 1st if ur goin to fast. i should say whatever gear it will let me go into LOL...and by the way it doesnt slam into gear. when you shift on the coloumn it shifts. just like when you stomp on it to pass. never blow your tranny...

 

thanks for the explanation .

[Prokopchuk_9]

when i get a tailgater, i give them a couple brake checks. if they continue. i speed up then slam it into 1st gear..only do this when im by myself. wifey and kid not in the vehicle. i got a dent in my back bumper that will get fixed for free if he does hit me

 

1st gear your going to blow your tranny out ..... lol not to smart.

 

 

it doesnt let you shift into 1st if ur goin to fast. i should say whatever gear it will let me go into LOL...and by the way it doesnt slam into gear. when you shift on the coloumn it shifts. just like when you stomp on it to pass. never blow your tranny...

 

thanks for the explanation .

 

you welcome