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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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
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)
Kyothine 0
#16 and #19, you're not funny and never will be. Stop trying.
Jaxro 6
Take evasive driving lessons! haha.
nativebacon 0
I accidentally clicked YLIF.... what I meant to do was call you a douchebag. YDI
elemenopyqrstuv 0
I'm a police officer, and I say you deserve it. If you were so close that you slammed into her when she hit the brakes, then you obviously were tailgating. Pay the fine..
silvering 0
same thing happened to me--except i was the car in front and I was forced to brake because the car in front of me braked. I managed not to hit that car, then got slammed from behind. My car got totaled and I ended up in the hospital. So yeah, no sympathy
snoopy24_fml 0
33, do you "reverse" FMLs rather than reserve??? please learn to check what you write instead of making stupid typos
ariaofdoom 16
The people saying you should be 2 seconds behind the car in front of you isn't safe on the highway. It should be about 6 seconds for average highway speeds. OP, YDI because like everyone else said you were following too closely and not paying attention.
Telcontar14 0
you probably *were* tailgaiting. You're supposed to follow far enough behind that you can avoid stuff just like that. YDI
rixbury 0
I get that you were probably following too closely. But that is still the reason why cops shouldn't be doing this. We are one of the only country's in the world that have these bullshit laws. Cops need to protect and serve not harass and endanger. Waste of time and resources.
Gregorus_Prime 0
You know, if you hit her, you WERE tailgating.