Today, I was driving on the highway and a cop had his radar gun out. The woman in front of me panics and slams her brakes on, causing me to rear end her. The cop cited me for "tailgating" and I have to pay for the damages on both of our cars. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
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
Today, a cop rear-ended me. Then I received a ticket from him for driving too far under the speed limit. We were in a school zone. FML
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
Today, I was speeding a little on the highway. I thought I saw a police car, so I slammed on my brakes, causing the person behind me to rear end me. The "police car" I saw was just a broken down car on the side of the road. FML
Today, I was driving to work when a state trooper rammed into my car from behind, because he was on the cell phone and not paying attention. He gave me a ticket for "Failure to control speed to avoid a crash." FML
Today, I was driving a little over the speed limit, when I saw a cop car waiting to join the road ahead of me. I quickly hit the brakes so they wouldn't have a payday with me. I hit the brakes too hard, lost control and almost ended up on someone's lawn. FML
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
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
Today, I was in a car accident. After screaming at the woman for running into me, I got in my car and drove off. As I was driving away, I was staring her down when I ended up rear-ending the person in front of me. FML
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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MechEngineer 0
Thats the technical definition of tailgating. If you're so close to the other car that in a situation in which the car in front of you suddenly breaks, and you rear end the car in front of you, that would be tailgating. Really, what do you think tailgating is if its not exactly the situation you're in now?
Ilovelife07 0
I cant stand people who slam on their brakes whenever they see a cop. Especially when the dudes on the other side of the highway
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Comments (221)
AngryC4t 0
FYL & YDI. Stop breakin' the law asshole!
funsize003 0
and #118, actually yeah, that is our job as drivers.
megs8907 0
it sounds like u were tailgating if she applied her brakes and u couldn't stop to avoid the crash...YDI
TootyFruity123 0
Well, you must have been tailgating OR not paying attention if you rearended her.
allseeingeye 0
Well if you were tailgating, it is in fact your fault.
amep 0
Stop blaming others for your poor driving skills. There are many reasons the driver in front of you could slam on their brakes, but none of those reasons matter in the big picture. Your only job is to plan ahead for this possibility and drive defensively.
nikki1001 0
#128: Drivers that are too cautious get into more accidents :) Yeah, we're supposed to pay attention, but noting everything everyone does every second gets you in trouble just as much as not paying any attention.
Brittani090270 1
Hahahaha. I love how pissed off people are. Way better than the FML, actually.
heywood 0
A 3:1 ratio of people who think this isn't the submitter's fault?? Wtf? Does no one here know how to drive? If you rear-end someone, it's ALWAYS your fault for following too close! I learned this in driver's ed. when I was 15 or 16. Of course there is always the exception of someone who cuts you off and immediately slams on the brakes before you can react to them getting in front of you, but that obviously isn't the case here. #133: I had to read the previous comments to see if you were trying to make a joke. How is NOT tailgating considered being too cautious? I'm young; please enlighten me to the advantages of tailgating.
BigSky182 0
Bingo! Nuff said!
blushinFML 0
since no one seems to be in a good mood on this FML, i would like to take a moment to appreciate comment #47. smiles.