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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takran 0
YDI for tailgating. If you couldn't stop in time, you were too close. Learn the laws of the road, you ignorant moron.
Japemead 0
You WERE tailgating. You deserved that one.
Don_fml 0
OP - YDI, You were tailgating. If you hadn't been, you would've had time to avoid hitting her. Learn to drive. #81and anybody else citing the 2 second rule, also keep in mind that the 2 second rule is a BARE MINIMUM. More is better.
nikki1001 0
Why is everyone assuming he was tailgating? Have you ever approached a green light and someone was stopped? You don't expect someone to stop at a green light, so you maintain your speed until you're close enough to realize they're stopped and you stop quickly, hoping your breaks are freakin' fabulous enough to make you stop on time. It's not that easy when you're on a highway, driving 65+ and don't expect people to randomly stop in the middle of traffic. Maybe he was tailgating, maybe he wasn't, but you can't really jump to conclusions on this.
bkuhns 0
@28: Though I agree with the concept, saying there's "NO WAY" to hit someone if you follow the 2 second rule is getting a little carried away. Not to mention I learned it as the 3 second rule, for good measure. Do you really think if I slam on my brakes (btw it's BRAKE, BRAKES, and BRAKED, to those above who can't spell) in my lightweight roadster with 235/45/R17 W-rated summer tires with Brembo slotted rotors and Hawk HPS performance pads that you'll be able to stop in time if you're driving a ~4,000 pound minivan (or what have you) with a factory brake package and most likely H-rated tires, just so long as you're following the 2-second rule? I think not.
boshans 0
#56 is probably the only reasonable one here. everyone else is either to young to drive and think they actually know how because they read it somewhere, or are morons. Drive in New York or any other big city, it is IMPOSSIBLE to follow the car length for every 10 mph rule, IMPOSSIBLE. Learn how to really drive, that rule doesn't even matter if you actually look down the road to see what's happening, that way you know what's going on all around you and should know ahead of time how to react. Sure you obviously can't be so close to someone where you can't see their tires, but 1 or 2 lengths on the highway is enough, at least for us New Yorkers.
forthelulz_fml 0
That's generally the way it works. You're supposed to leave a 2-3 second gap between you and the next car, so if they brake heavily, you can stop in time. You obviously didn't do this and hit the woman, so the cop gave you a ticket. You caused the accident, so yes, you do have to pay for her costs as well. This isn't an FML at all, you just suck at driving.
bkuhns 0
@87: He was tailgating. Period. No matter what he was "expecting" the car to do, the law is set such that you are expected to drive under the assumption that at any time, the car in front of you may come to a sudden stop. There's no arguing it, if he couldn't stop in time, he's an idiot and was tailgating. @89: I drive through downtown Cleveland every day, and while there's plenty of people like you who follow 1 or 2 car lengths, I manage just fine to stay at least 3-4 car lengths ahead. There's always the genius who thinks I'm leaving room for him to get ahead of me, but for the most part, it works just fine and I don't have to slam on my brakes nearly as often as all the morons ahead of me.
Dutchie2010 0
She shouldn't slam her brakes on a highway. Be lucky you didn't get into a huge chain crash! but yeah, FYL
ThizGuy 0
OMG?!!?! could it have been that you ACTUALLY WERE TAILGATING??? Take responsibility for your own crap. Y.D.I.