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I see a lot of people suggesting this when topics similar to mine are brought up.
Frankly, although it seems many people in this thread feel I was being quite dangerous anyway by not letting him past (a perfectly valid point of view, in retrospect perhaps it would have been a better idea) trying to "brake check" the tailgater is just madness, especially at motorway speeds.
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What if there is another guy tailgating him, and another tailgating him? By doing that you've got a pile-up on your hands before you know it.
I wouldn't do this even on a 30mph road, it doesn't benefit anyone. If I was going to do anything involving lights I would probably just give a couple of flashes of my hazard lights, but even then it could backfire tremendously.
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Are these even legal? Surely not? One things for certain, if anyone ever tried to scare me by using one of those aimed at my car I would be straight on the blower to Plod.
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My wife does this. I don't see the point in that either, as it could quite easily just enrage the tailgater even further.
I just carry on as normal and let him past when a suitable opportunity arrives - as I did in my OP (although as people have pointed out, I probably could have pulled in sooner - consider my wrist slapped!)
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