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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jasey_rae 0
as much as it sucks that she freaked out. it's completely YDI. this isn't a FML because if you didn't want it to happen you shouldn't have been doing it. and stop complaining if you didn't wanna pay you should have gotten insurance.
thequeenofscots 0
YDI because, technically, you were tailgaiting. Like #25 said, one car distance for every 10 mph. Sixty mph? Six car lengths. FYL because it does suck when people slam on their breaks in front of cops. But, technically, you have to pay. You DID break the law.
nycman33 0
Enough with the reserve FML's. They're not clever and neither are the people making them.
Ohnoitslindsay 0
If you were maintaining a proper distance for the speed of the road, no matter how hard the car in front of you slammed on their brakes you would not rear end them. YDI.
SomeGuy1234 0
For some people out there 6+ car lengths is not always possible in some places, see crowded freeways. If the OP had a bigger car he should have hit her hard enough to total he car. You should never just slam on your brakes when you're going 60+ unless you have a very very good reason, a cop with a radar gun is not a very good reason.
lbg513 0
@33 - I mean really, is that necessary? I'm sorry if I'd like to add a little something more to the conversation than "Lol, that sucks." I'm pretty sure you don't actually know me or anything about me to be making any implications about my intelligence, but either way I didn't ask for your critique, so thanks but no thanks. I'll be sure to think of you and whether or not you would approve every time I'm about to comment on another FML. Riiiight. Speaking of clever, it would be "FMLs" rather than "FML's" as there's really no reason FML should be made possessive in your post :-)
jSOPURE 3
Two second rule is GOLDEN. Sorry, YDI. =X
tWitt3rBuG 0
High speeds with even two car spaces, wouldn't give you enough time to slam your brakes in that situation. OP probably had a car behind them as well so had to consider that fact. Besides, we don't know if the OP had ABS brakes! There's so many factors to consider like their reflex times etc. In any case, i hate drivers who almost brake to a halt when they see cameras. Note: they catch your speeds before you even reach the cops, so braking wouldn't really help you if you see them last minute. Idiots! Sorry OP
freddie_fml 0
Sorry, but when someone in front of you slams on their brakes, that does not "cause" you to run into them.
24788 7
I hate people who drive crazy around cops.