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)

[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)

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

[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!"

[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!"

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



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

[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!"

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



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

Lol Sirry iriot

[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!)

[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...