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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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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calicokitea 0
Well, you obviously deserved that one. The cop was just doing his job--you rear end someone, it's your fault because you were not the proper distance away from the car in front of you. By law, you SHOULD get a ticket--so good for the cop, kudos for him, negative kudos for you. Easy as this--learn to drive.
collegeshmollege 0
it's pretty much always your fault if your rear end someone. the reasoning is, you were following too close for safety, which is right. If you were following at a reasonable distance and paying attention, you wouldn't have hit her.
Eldarrion 0
#177 - Eh, I don't know where you get the big city rush hour traffic where you get to drive at 30 mph. When I'm in traffic, it's usually 10-15 mph, so in that case you can drive about half a car away from the one in front of you without much trouble, just have to watch for the brake lights to come on and be ready to react. If I'm driving at 30... I have no trouble keeping distance, considering there's no traffic to be bothered with in that case, so the only situation when I'd be forced to slow down is if someone cuts me off... which in turn they don't need to do when there's enough distance between me and the car in front of me to stick 3 cars in there... and as such, it shows that the person in question isn't the safest driver there is. True, I've had someone try and cut me off while driving with 10 mph, but hey... idiots abound, and you need to be ready for that too. In this case though, the OP deserved it anyway, because the conditions were different... highway and if the person in front of him/her hit the brakes to slow down and avoid getting a speeding ticket, that means they were driving over 55 mph, so there wasn't traffic involved there either and the OP could have safely kept a reasonable distance to avoid tailgating. All in all, I guess you couldn't come up with a reasonable argument, so you had to insult others. Next time, take an extra moment or two to think about what you're saying.
12mp04 0
You were probably too close to her or have a very slow reaction time YDI, learn to drive
fuck_YOUR_lives 0
******* woman drivers (99%). they suck. anyone who i almost hit or almost hit me was either a woman, asian, black, or spic. put woman in front of those and the driving gets worse and worse. truth hurts but damn there's a ******* thing called a directional, steering wheel, brake, and accelerator, so put down the phone and lip gloss and drive.
TheFrthAngel 0
pssst you are a jerk. Men cause more accidents than women and your attitude proves why.
Anteezy 7
Wow chauvinistic and racist, I think we have a winner here!
Sirin_fml 47
Instant ban for the racism. This one somehow slipped past, which is why it's always a good idea to inform a moderator if you can ;)
graintrain 0
Fact 1) You were tailgating another driver Fact 2) Your tailgating caused an accident Fact 3) You received a ticket for tailgating Fact 4) You are responsible the damage caused as a direct result of your reckless driving Fact 5) You are incapable of seeing how this situation is your fault, and not the fault of the person who you were tailgating, or the cop who gave you the ticket to help prevent you from causing accidents in the future Your life is only ****** up because of Fact 5
graintrain 0
*funny but all studies done on driving have shown that most accidents are caused by men, even when they aren't involved in the accident themselves. And statistically, males are more than 5 times likely to have an accident each time they get into a car than a female- why men usually pay twice as much for insurance as women.
The_Foreigner886 1
Seriously, if cops are not giving-out B.S. tickets, or not doing what our tax pays them to do - they are just real @$$h*le$. No wonder they always have a bad reputation. The should really wise-up and stick with what they're taught and not be little b*----- to the ones who give them their salaries.
fahubugahds 0
who you're a dumb **** the cops are payed by your taxes to stop people from breaking the law. speeding is a crime the cop was doing his job. I feel bad for the op though, damn women drivers
pyros09 0
oooo right!...cause men are so much superior...NOT
hannahbananas 0
YDI. You are the definition of tailgating. The lady is also an idiot, but that's why you're not supposed to tailgate - because some ppl are idiots.
freudxslipped 0
lol shouldn't have followed her so closely ;)