By A.K. - 27/05/2009 12:40 - United States

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
I agree, your life sucks 54 182
You deserved it 21 105

Same thing different taste

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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?

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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olive_you 0

It's always your fault when you rear end someone. It doesn't matter why the person in front of you hit the brakes. Leave some braking room, fool.

It sucks that she slammed on her brakes, but its the law that even if someone in front of you does something like that, you have to be far enough behind that person in order to stop in time. Its your fault for not being far enough away.

shittt that sucks. PS. #142 WTF?? hows that relevant

by definition, it is tailgating if you don't have enough time to stop if the person in front of you slams his brakes or you could just be a shitty driver, I have no sympathy for shitty drivers either way, YDI

christopherlove 0

That's why you keep plenty of distance, especially on the highway. In case somebody must stop suddenly. She was stupid, but you were worse, so you completely deserve it. I hate people like her, but I hate people like you much more.

BulldogQB4 0

To all the idiots saying cops suck you probably don't drive. It sucks for you though. But that's how it is, if you hit someone in front of you even if they hit their brakes it's ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS your fault.

BulldogQB4 0

#109 is clearly a dumb bitch who probably gets in accidents all the time because shes just jammin to Taylor Swift. for those of you not willing to scroll up and see what I'm referencing it goes along the lines of: I wouldn't pay for that shit. Get a lawyer. Hun, that would never hold up in court. Then again, I guess that's why they don't let 14 year olds into law school.

kiit23 0

Okay, it clearly says the woman panics. You can be a safe distance away and still hit someone if they VERY SUDDENLY HIT THEIR BREAKS. Most people arent expecting the person in front of them to suddenly slow down that much. It doesn't mean they were tailgating, and it doesn't even mean they were speeding. People panic. Sometimes that means they were going maybe no more than 5 over, and that OH NOES ITS A COP means they have to go 10 under. It happens. It also says on the highway... so going a fast speed, someone panics, slows down, its really hard to slow down that fast on the highway. The faster the speed, the quicker you catch up to that car. If you stay 2 seconds behind a car, doesn't that mean it takes 2 seconds to hit them if they slow down suddenly? Not much time to realize what's going on and stop. Either way, not tailgating, and the person in front deserves to pay instead.

Pay more attention then it was totally your fault you should of had your following distance people slam on there breaks randomly all the time

Truan_fml 0

one of the fundamental rules of driving is to make sure that you have enough room with the car in front of you to not slam into them when they 'slam on the brakes' YDI.