Tail-gaters being fined ?

[yod]

I hate tailgaters with a passion...I reeeeeally farkin hate them....

I just watched a car following a bus at about 3m at 60km/h...horrendously close. Mr Plod was right behind him for about 500m and didn't do a thing.

Do plods just not ever bother with enforcing following distance legislation?

Anyone ever been hauled up for it? or know someone who has?

[Metalor]

I hate tailgaters with a passion...I reeeeeally farkin hate them....

I just watched a car following a bus at about 3m at 60km/h...horrendously close. Mr Plod was right behind him for about 500m and didn't do a thing.

Do plods just not ever bother with enforcing following distance legislation?

Anyone ever been hauled up for it? or know someone who has?

Saw some European (He looked Italian and spoke weird) poof on TV get done for that on motorway patrol I think it was. He was tailgating the Cop Car! The cop said he couldn't even see the dude's number plate, and this was on the motorway!

Tail-gating is EXTREMELY dangerous, and it seems that people do it all the time. My two flatmates think the distance they follow at is adequate, but I beg to differ (having learnt from experience of my own following distance!)

[Tank]

Personally I dont think that they put anywhere enough emphasis on it.

I think that a clamp down on tailgating will be better for the community than the speed / speed / speed message we get all the time.

[avgas]

Thats when you put the wife on the back of the ute isn't it?
pt

[yod]

to do list:

1) buy an old shitter ute with rear bullbars and spectacular brakes

[ElCoyote]

to do list:

1) buy an old shitter ute with rear bullbars and spectacular brakes

That thought has crossed my mind more than once (a day):rockon:

[vifferman]

to do list:

1) buy an old shitter ute with rear bullbars and spectacular brakes
The trouble is, you think of these things when you get annoyed with someone, and when you get the opportunity "in the real world", the reactions kick in.
I remember years ago getting pissed off with people not giving way, and saying, "One day, when I'm driving a truck, I won't bother hitting the brakes!"
One day, I was driving a Land Rover, with big bullbars on the front, and some old bat u-turned in front of me. I should've just flattened her shitbox, but instead hit the anchors, VERY hard, just missing her. She didn't even notice. Meanwhile, we're sitting there in a cloud of tyre smoke, the vifferbabe has her face against the windscreen, and the Land Rover's just about standing on its nose.

[yod]

That thought has crossed my mind more than once (a day):rockon:


The trouble is, you think of these things when you get annoyed with someone, and when you get the opportunity "in the real world", the reactions kick in.
I remember years ago getting pissed off with people not giving way, and saying, "One day, when I'm driving a truck, I won't bother hitting the brakes!"
One day, I was driving a Land Rover, with big bullbars on the front, and some old bat u-turned in front of me. I should've just flattened her shitbox, but instead hit the anchors, VERY hard, just missing her. She didn't even notice. Meanwhile, we're sitting there in a cloud of tyre smoke, the vifferbabe has her face against the windscreen, and the Land Rover's just about standing on its nose.

dont ya hate that

someone does something of inconceivable stupidity causing you to take massive precautionary action.....and you can see them just pootling on, competely unaware of the chaos they've just caused....

[mowgli]

One day, I was driving a Land Rover, with big bullbars on the front, and some old bat u-turned in front of me. I should've just flattened her shitbox, but instead hit the anchors, VERY hard, just missing her. She didn't even notice. Meanwhile, we're sitting there in a cloud of tyre smoke, the vifferbabe has her face against the windscreen, and the Land Rover's just about standing on its nose.

Same thing happened to me only the old brake lines in my trusty series three didn't hack the pace. So not only did the old bat not notice, but I was left with farked brakes. Oh well, I guess they needed replacing :oi-grr:

[gijoe1313]

Ah so, all graduated from Mr Magoo's Driving School for the Sight Impaired... with the special card "Sorry mate, I didn't see you!" :oi-grr:

[gijoe1313]

Ah so, all graduated from Mr Magoo's Driving School for the Sight Impaired... with the special card "Sorry mate, I didn't see you!" :oi-grr:

The asian franchises are doing velly well flank you! Ruck you all!

:scratch:

Double posts? wth? I guess I graduated from the Forum school of Retarded Posting! :doh:

[ElCoyote]

Ah so, all graduated from Mr Magoo's Driving School for the Sight Impaired... with the special card "Sorry mate, I didn't see you!" :oi-grr:

The asian franchises are doing velly well flank you! Ruck you all!

:scratch:

Double posts? wth? I guess I graduated from the Forum school of Retarded Posting! :doh:

Lol Sirry iriot :shifty::shifty::shifty:

[Swoop]

to do list:

1) buy an old shitter ute with rear bullbars and spectacular brakes
Mmm. Bullbars DO get more attention.
My old fraud foul-coon panelvan was great for that... (Dent's provided while you wait!):clap:

[yod]

I was a passenger in a Nissan Safari LWB when a lil ol' lady decided she should change lanes on top of us

she was in a Morris 1100

she bounced off

[yungatart]

The Mstrs/tart/hXc fambly were recently tailgated by a B train doing in excess of 110 kph...couldn't see his number plate, couldn't see anything apart from his grill about 10 feet from our back window (Holden S/W).
This guy was passing cars and had an incredible amount of trailer sway going on...very scary to watch.
I rang *555 only to be told that, "We don't have anyone in the area"...as I passed two cop cars!
Patently obviously not interested in safety!
I was disgusted...

[Colapop]

Yep I been nailed for it, in my car. I was late for work and was trying to bully people out of my way (which was working) til I got behind a mufti.. he moved then after I went past he turned his lights on. Pretty red and blue ones. That cost me 80 fricken dollars. I have tailgated since....

[yod]

Yep I been nailed for it, in my car. I was late for work and was trying to bully people out of my way (which was working) til I got behind a mufti.. he moved then after I went past he turned his lights on. Pretty red and blue ones. That cost me 80 fricken dollars. I have tailgated since....

you been cruising for a new poll, Polapop?

[Renegade]

i love dishing tickets out for that, mostly cos i hate going to bullshit car crashes cos some complete muppet has rear ended the car in front causing me a lot of paper work, which i also hate.

[Bren]

Yep I been nailed for it, in my car. I was late for work and was trying to bully people out of my way (which was working) til I got behind a mufti.. he moved then after I went past he turned his lights on. Pretty red and blue ones. That cost me 80 fricken dollars. I have tailgated since....
Just make sure you aint behind me when you do that....I hate being tailgated, frikken arrogent tossers who think they own the road...Tailgating is one thing that gets to me...along with Red light runners....yet the cops dont seem to care......well maybe a few do, but they are few and far between


i love dishing tickets out for that, mostly cos i hate going to bullshit car crashes cos some complete muppet has rear ended the car in front causing me a lot of paper work, which i also hate.
Maybe you should sit behind Colapop for a bit...teach the tosser a lesson!

[SPman]

"Don't be a fool, use the 2 second rule", or sumfing like that.
It may be gay, but it works! And if someone fills the gap, just drift further back - saved myself from a couple of heinous motorway multi nose to tailers, doing that. - It's also interesting seeing just how many cars cram into a 2 second gap at 100 k........

[Babelfish]

Funny shit is, bikers are the worst offenders for tailgating. I see more bikes tucked in behind cars than cars in proportion to the usage of each. Me included. I catch myself all the time tucking into an exhaust pipe waiting for the next gap and "tailgating tosser" does go through my mind...for a couple of seconds before the gap comes and my goldfish brain starts thinking about pussy again...and tucking into another exhaust pipe :drool:

As for cops, they only pull over people doing between 110 and 115 and leave all other offences alone...taligating, not keeping over to the left and driving below 80 dont seem to count and they aint capable of driving above 115 to catch the fun speeds.

[KiwiRat]

Many, many moons ago some of my fellow apprentices and I were on holiday at my folks in Wanganui.

On the return journey North we took to souveniring roadwork signs. (VC Valiant......big boot.)

Coming in to Hamilton, the local MOT lad pulls my mate up for "following too closely". He asks my mate if he has his license.

"Oh yeah. It's in my bag in the boot."

The look on his face as soon as those words had formed was farkin' hilarious.

[PrincessBandit]

...
I rang *555 only to be told that, "We don't have anyone in the area"...as I passed two cop cars!
Patently obviously not interested in safety!
I was disgusted...

I agree, oblivious to who is patrolling said area, and obviously the 2 cars you passed weren't interested either. Pretty bad!


Yep I been nailed for it, in my car. I was late for work and was trying to bully people out of my way (which was working) til I got behind a mufti.. he moved then after I went past he turned his lights on. Pretty red and blue ones. That cost me 80 fricken dollars. I have tailgated since....

:rofl:


Funny shit is, bikers are the worst offenders for tailgating. I see more bikes tucked in behind cars than cars in proportion to the usage of each. Me included. I catch myself all the time tucking into an exhaust pipe waiting for the next gap and "tailgating tosser" does go through my mind...for a couple of seconds before the gap comes and my goldfish brain starts thinking about pussy again...and tucking into another exhaust pipe :drool:

As for cops, they only pull over people doing between 110 and 115 and leave all other offences alone...taligating, not keeping over to the left and driving below 80 dont seem to count and they aint capable of driving above 115 to catch the fun speeds.

I think you are right, bikes can be pretty bad for it - always looking for that next bunny hop to get further up the road.....
Tailgating really annoys me when it happens to me and while agree it's pretty damned dangerous I don't really see how enforceable it would be (a) due to more "important" things up the priority list and (b) the hassle of getting witnesses to back up your complaint since no accident was actually caused by said personal space invasion (this especially in light of the fact that even when cops witness it being done they don't necessarily do anything about it).

[musicman]

A few weeks ago I was driving the car and being tailgated by some woman in a red Holden, we were going 100-110km/h on the motorway. There was traffic so she couldn't get past and I couldn't go faster or move to the other lane to let her past, and she was following so close I couldn't even see her headlights, just the bonnet! So I tapped my brakes, and what does she do?? Pulls the finger at me! As if I was the one in the wrong!! :angry2::mad:

[henry]

If you're in chch the cops will have you for tailgating...

http://www.stuff.co.nz/4551366a11.html

If you're in dorkland it's the cops doing the tailgating...

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?t=74814

[henry]

A few weeks ago I was driving the car and being tailgated ... So I tapped my brakes, and what does she do?? Pulls the finger at me! As if I was the one in the wrong!! :angry2::mad:

If I had a dollar blah blah blah

[henry]

I think you are right, bikes can be pretty bad for it

That's because they think they can out brake a car. WRONG!

[henry]

Yes I am bored. Why do you ask?

[duckonin]

Two of us both with pillions had a mainfreight truck and tralier unit about two metres behind us we were travelling at 110k's no good slowing down so we turned off the Atiamuri highway to Rotorua just to lose the prick the American lass age 69 was in tears, wife and I were real pissed also.

At Paeroa saw truck and tralier unit parked (MF) so pulled over to have a yarn with the mutt but alas wrong number plate, but told him of our experience any way..

Followed proceedure went to the police got the form filled it out only to have a woman from Taupo police two months later asking me why we were tailgating the truck (FM)

So after telling the story again to make sure she had it right, she got the truck driver who denied tailgateing but did addmitt to travelling at 98k's an hour, we were told as no wittnesses saw this happen the police could do nothing again (FFS)..

Shall leave it there as this happens a lot...

[wharfy]

That's because they think they can out brake a car. WRONG!

I know I've done it, maybe because on a bike all the open space makes you think your not that close, or you can go round or something. I rear ended a big ass 4x4 on the way to work, he had no brake lights and by the time I figured out he was stopped it was to late. He didn't even notice !! All the people in cars just sat there and watched as I picked myself up and pushed the bike to the side of the road, no one gave a f&%k !!!

[peasea]

Personally I dont think that they put anywhere enough emphasis on it.

I think that a clamp down on tailgating will be better for the community than the speed / speed / speed message we get all the time.


Don't forget 'failing to indicate', that dives me f**kin nuts!

[yod]

Funny shit is, bikers are the worst offenders for tailgating. I see more bikes tucked in behind cars than cars in proportion to the usage of each. Me included. I catch myself all the time tucking into an exhaust pipe waiting for the next gap and "tailgating tosser" does go through my mind...for a couple of seconds before the gap comes and my goldfish brain starts thinking about pussy again...and tucking into another exhaust pipe :drool:

yeah, i dont really have a problem with arse creeping when you're about to pass....i mean, you can't pass without getting close can ya

it's those fuckers that drive by habit and just seem to have this automated distance between themselves and the vehicle in front regardless of speed that piss me off

[geoffm]

The Mstrs/tart/hXc fambly were recently tailgated by a B train doing in excess of 110 kph...couldn't see his number plate, couldn't see anything apart from his grill about 10 feet from our back window (Holden S/W).
This guy was passing cars and had an incredible amount of trailer sway going on...very scary to watch.
I rang *555 only to be told that, "We don't have anyone in the area"...as I passed two cop cars!
Patently obviously not interested in safety!
I was disgusted...

Should have told them they were speeding -cops would have been all over them!
With commercial vehicles, usually the best bet is to phone the company and go up the food chain until you get to the top, then let them have it (politely). Follow up a bit later to make sure some action has been taken.
One tailgating driver got a written warning with this - the company was not impressed at the potential publicity.
It is the sort of behavior that sometimes appears in the Sideswipes column of the Herald - whcih is very well read and can be fairly direct...
Geoff

[McJim]

There are no readily available electronic devices to measure and prove tailgaiting so they stick to charges for 1 kph over. :rofl:

[Babelfish]

Unfortunately no electronic device for measuring common sense either, otherwise we'd have a much more respected constabulary on the roads

[CB ARGH]

Seen it on Police Ten 7 before. The guy got busted! :jerry:

[Skyryder]

Just hit the brake pedal for a sec or two. On a bike I just move on and pass.

If I need to speed to get out of the way I'll do that with no hesitation cop or no cop. I'd sooner take my chances in court than with some fuckwit who may be playing with a cell phone.

Skyryder

[Swoop]

I rang *555 only to be told that, "We don't have anyone in the area"...as I passed two cop cars!
Patently obviously not interested in safety!
I was disgusted...
When Dunkin' Donuts' has a special on, NO officer will be available.:whistle:

So I tapped my brakes, and what does she do?? Pulls the finger at me! As if I was the one in the wrong!! :angry2::mad:
You are obviously not applying enough pedal pressure...

[Mikkel]

The time and place where I am most tempted to try and get some to ram me from behind is if I'm being tailgated coming up to lights turning orange. That would be priceless, get the fucker for following too close, causing a collision AND intending to run the red lights :niceone: (this is in the car obviously, and actually I could do with someone buying me a new rear bumper anyway.)

But then again, it would be an inconvenience.


Saw some European (He looked Italian and spoke weird) poof on TV get done for that on motorway patrol I think it was. He was tailgating the Cop Car! The cop said he couldn't even see the dude's number plate, and this was on the motorway!

Bloody European cave-people - those guys looking Italian and speaking weird are the worst let me tell you! :rolleyes:

Mind you, go driving in Italy and you'll have an eye-opening experience. They use the horn a lot, they yell a lot at each other, they follow too close, they double park and generally drive like lunatics. Still, they are as a general population of motorists, better than the kiwis. Not a lot of stress, more considerations, competence and proper driver education being the most likely 'culprits'.


I rang *555 only to be told that, "We don't have anyone in the area"...as I passed two cop cars!
Patently obviously not interested in safety!
I was disgusted...

You're not alone in being disgusted! Call 111 next time and say that you have someone trying to kill you - that might get a reaction.


Yep I been nailed for it, in my car. I was late for work and was trying to bully people out of my way (which was working) til I got behind a mufti.. he moved then after I went past he turned his lights on. Pretty red and blue ones. That cost me 80 fricken dollars. I have tailgated since....

I find that bullying doesn't work in Chch - if it's not on their cellphone or directly in front of their car people don't wanna know about it!


Funny shit is, bikers are the worst offenders for tailgating. I see more bikes tucked in behind cars than cars in proportion to the usage of each. Me included. I catch myself all the time tucking into an exhaust pipe waiting for the next gap and "tailgating tosser" does go through my mind...for a couple of seconds before the gap comes and my goldfish brain starts thinking about pussy again...and tucking into another exhaust pipe :drool:

Too true! I'm guilty too...


As for cops, they only pull over people doing between 110 and 115 and leave all other offences alone...taligating, not keeping over to the left and driving below 80 dont seem to count and they aint capable of driving above 115 to catch the fun speeds.

Incorrect, I have a speeding ticket at 118 km/h to prove it too... :rolleyes:

[sunhuntin]

i got gated by one of susans co workers last week after picking her up after work. it had been raining, just enough to wet the roads, but not enough to clear away any oil etc. it was wet enough to make me be more cautious.

anyways... wed just pulled out of little road where susans work is. i was doing roughly 50, or thereabouts. might have been a tad slower as we would be going around a corner a few hundred meters up the road. i look in my mirror and see this car right behind us. i stomp on the brake 3 times, and she just gets closer.

i slow to almost a stop and take the corner [its dotted with white lines and manhole covers] we come out of the corner, and i get back to 50k. check my mirror again, and the same car is following just as close. she then proceeds to overtake, no indication, before pulling back in, again with no indication. i hollered wanker as loud as i could, and flipped the bird.
we are a block away from a busy intersection that has very poor visibility, specially at that time of night [5pm]. its truly a wonder she didnt cause an accident.

i have asked susan to get me her plate details, and i will be filling in the online complaints form. susan also spoke to their boss, and hopefully he will speak to the bitch.

i hate to think what would have happened if she hadve hit us. susan would have likely been badly injured, which doesnt bear thinking about.

if she gates us again when im picking susan up. i will be stopping in the middle of the road and having a chat.

[PrincessBandit]

The time and place where I am most tempted to try and get some to ram me from behind is if I'm being tailgated coming up to lights turning orange. That would be priceless, get the fucker for following too close, causing a collision AND intending to run the red lights :niceone: (this is in the car obviously, and actually I could do with someone buying me a new rear bumper anyway.)

But then again, it would be an inconvenience.



Happened to us a few years ago -got rear-ended majorly in the car by some dumb woman who wanted to run a red light from behind us (and thought we we're going to as well). Admittedly we braked rather heavily to avoid the red once making the decision not to go for it and she just whammo'd into the arse of our car. Was our old Bluebird and at a glance you could barely see any damage to ours - forget what she was driving but her bonnet was totally crumpled. Witnesses called an ambulance just in case but the police weren't involved at all. Luckily all round noone was injured and her partner was a panel beater so we all got off pretty lightly considering the impact!
Would never consider it on a bike. Gee I wonder why.

[MSTRS]

Should have told them they were speeding -cops would have been all over them!


Since when were B trains allowed to exceed 95? He was speeding...mind you, so were we - to find out what he was doing. Do you think we were lucky to escape attention too??

[wickle]

The Mstrs/tart/hXc fambly were recently tailgated by a B train doing in excess of 110 kph...couldn't see his number plate, couldn't see anything apart from his grill about 10 feet from our back window (Holden S/W).
This guy was passing cars and had an incredible amount of trailer sway going on...very scary to watch.
I rang *555 only to be told that, "We don't have anyone in the area"...as I passed two cop cars!
Patently obviously not interested in safety!
I was disgusted...
This happened to us also, I got tired of it happening so let truck pass and got the companies phone number off door , rang the office and asked for transport manager, told him what had happened and that i was now following the truck and at what speed we were doing gave truck number and rego, he must of been able to contact driver as the truck slowed up quickly and then as we repassed him we got a lovelly wave/gesture.

[ManDownUnder]

i love dishing tickets out for that, mostly cos i hate going to bullshit car crashes cos some complete muppet has rear ended the car in front causing me a lot of paper work, which i also hate.

What's the official charge?
Dangerous use - are there others?
What are the fines associated with it?