Transportation: Today, after driving a few hours late at night I decided to entertain...

By Anonymous - 26/04/2009 21:50 - United States

Today, after driving a few hours late at night I decided to entertain the car tailgating me by not letting him pass. After doing this for 3miles, reaching 93MPH, I decided to let the car pass me. When I switched lanes, the car tailgating me light up in red and blue. It was a cop. FML

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By Savy - 13/02/2017 12:00 - United States - Mesa

Today, I was tailgated by a car with his high beams on for an hour. Any time I changed my speed or lane, he would do the same. I finally managed to get away from him because a cop pulled me over and gave me a speeding ticket. FML

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By cool trick buddy - 01/01/2017 08:59 - United States - Atlanta

Today, I was tailgated on the highway. There was a car in the lane next to me, and my tailgater was WAY too close to risk slowing down, so I sped up in order to switch lanes, which bumped me over the speed limit. That's when my tailgater turned on the flashing lights. FML

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By PulledOver - 01/06/2009 05:10 - United States

Today, I pulled up to the stoplight near my house. It was dark with no traffic and the car behind me kept edging closer and closer to me. I finally got fed up with waiting and the car and ran it. In fact, it was a cop and he was trying to read my license plate because the back light was out. FML

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By serveandprotectyeahright - 20/11/2010 14:00 - United States

Today, a cop almost rear-ended my car, slammed on the gas with no warning, swerved around me, flipped me the bird, then cut me off and then drove a full ten miles under the speed limit. When I changed lanes to overtake him, he pulled me over for road rage. FML

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By AmberKCole - This FML is from back in 2009 but it's good stuff - United States

Today, the car in front of me was going slow and I flashed my lights and honked. I floored it and passed the car, flipping off the driver. Just as I went around the next corner, I got pulled over by a motorcycle cop. A few seconds later, the guy I flipped off drove by honked and waved. FML

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By TheIrony - 19/07/2016 21:50 - United States

Today, while driving I saw a police car riding along next to me. Thinking about the news recently, I decided to give him a quick thumbs up and a smile to lighten up his day. He looks back, smiles, flips on his siren, and pulls me over for not paying attention to the road. FML

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By no, don't save me or nothing - 04/08/2013 16:53 - Canada - Woodstock

Today, some aggressive asshole was tailgating me on my way home, bumping into me twice. I got scared and kicked my car into high gear and got out of there. Seconds later, a traffic cop came out of nowhere and pulled me over for speeding. FML

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Tailgate party

By Anonymous - 23/05/2014 22:06 - Canada - Oakville

Today, while driving home, some idiot kept tailgating me, so I slowed down, hoping he'd overtake me. He didn't, so I pulled to the side of the road. He did the same, in front of me. He kept toying with me until I crashed into another car trying to speed away from him. FML

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By Anonymous - 20/05/2009 06:07 - United States

Today, I got pulled over for speeding and got a $200 ticket. After I pulled away, I decided to warn the next car about the cop up ahead by flashing my headlights. The next car was another cop. He didn't appreciate my "help". FML

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By FenderBender - 03/09/2009 04:54 - Canada

Today, I was driving home from work and noticed the car behind me was tailgating me pretty badly. I was starting to get angry with the driver, and kept glancing in my rear view mirror at him. While I was doing so, the traffic ahead of me stopped, and I rear-ended the car in front of me. FML

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GameRater01 0

Monday 27 April 2009 10:01

score one for karma

ddrluna 2

Monday 27 April 2009 10:10

I slow down for tailgaters. Wouldn't change if it were a cop. It's one of those moments where you just pray a deer would jump in front of you so that you could slam on your breaks and the moron would crash right into you for following too close.

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rsbaseballfreak 0

Tuesday 28 April 2009 6:14

dumbass

kpaq 0

Tuesday 28 April 2009 7:19

You deserved it. I don't see why the cop was wrong. It drives me CRAZY when people won't let me pass, what the hell was he supposed to do? From the sound of it, he wasn't even baiting you, he was just trying to get by. If someone wants to drive faster than you, let them by. You don't need to teach other drivers a lesson.

zeroprojekt 0

Tuesday 28 April 2009 7:34

FYLYDImethinx. Sucks, but you kinda helped that one along. Oh and #37, you've jinxed yourself, be careful now, lol.

thepowerofone 0

Tuesday 28 April 2009 8:32

i did the practically same thing except he didn't give me a ticket!!! :)

youknowit2 0

Tuesday 28 April 2009 9:12

#110... you're completely right. If you arent running radar, you can ticket someone for speeding by "pacing" them for a set distance (set by your state and dept), which is why it would take a while to pull someone over. Also, in my state, its also a ticket-able offense for traveling in the left lane, because you're supposed to keep right, pass left. Honestly, they were probably giving your dumb ass a chance to move over, but when you didnt, then that's when they lit you up. But yeah... in order to pace someone to get their speed, you DO have to be fairly close. That's why officers take driving courses, so if something DID happen, and you DID have to slam on your brakes, they wouldn't hit you. Next time, just set your cruise control or maintain your speed, be in the right lane, and if you don't screw up, you wont get a ticket. Duh. lol

JeffroGymnast 0

Tuesday 28 April 2009 9:25

If someone continued to tailgate you as you sped up, wouldnt it be a good idea to just change lanes and let him by (assuming there is a second lane)?

Anonymous485 1

Tuesday 28 April 2009 20:53

I've definitely had the exact same thing happen to me before

AnneFTW 17

Tuesday 28 April 2009 20:53

It's stupid people like you that cause accidents. If that car wasn't a cop car & tried to pass you out there's a strong chance there would've been a crash. Idiot.

swagmonkey 0

Wednesday 29 April 2009 7:58

Cop cars tailgate when they're planning to pull you over. That's the only reason he was tailgating in the first place. But then if you keep getting faster, he'll be happy to write you a fatter ticket by waiting a bit to turn on the lights. Also, if you want to keep a car from passing you, generally you do it by switching lanes when he does, getting in the way. Getting faster to prevent him passing hardly accomplishes anything -- after all, the only reason the car wants to pass is to go faster, so it's not like you're keeping him from anything... You totally deserved this one.

maxpowerd 0

Wednesday 29 April 2009 18:01

The cop probably initially wanted to get around him, because he had somewhere to go, but a non-priority call that does not call for lights. However, when you decided to be a dick and just not let him pass, he instead decided to follow you for awhile and see what other dick points you would rack up, and then pulled you over. Next time, move over.