Tail-gaters being fined ?

[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

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.

[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!

[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.

So I tapped my brakes, and what does she do?? Pulls the finger at me! As if I was the one in the wrong!!

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 (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!

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

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...

[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 (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:Me]

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?