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klaatu @ Apr 5th 2006 9:50AM
Bernie, I couldn't agree more.
Tailgating is pandemic and the cops do virtually NOTHING to keep drivers safe. I've put a warning sticker on the back of my Prius. "50 MPG. 0-60 in 10 seconds. WARNING TAILGATERS: 55-0 IN 35 YARDS."
So, if some pinhead slams into me, I'm going to sue the sh!t out of the state because I've written letter after letter to the Governor, State Police, etc., asking the state cops and county mounties and local yokels to enforce the "distance law" - to no avail.
Since Michigan is a "no fault" state, I apparently can't sue the pinheads driving 2 feet from my bumper, (SUV headlights in my rearview mirror, they're obviously upset because I can't go any faster - of course the traffic in front of can't either....) so I'll end up suing the state. But perhaps I could sue the sh!t out of the organization that provided him or her drivers training, in addition to the state. And, I've never sued anyone and don't like flippant nonsensical lawsuits at all. But I'm ready to get a lawyer if someone slams into me from behind.
When I was teaching my youngest son to drive, we were going along on US 31 here in northern Michigan and I saw 3 cars coming the other way - just the 4 of us on the roadway at that moment, within sight, anyway.
Some hapless sap was being tailgated SO CLOSELY by a cop that it looked like he had about 3 feet or less between them. That was bad enough.
But the cop was being tailgated by some moron at a distance closer than the cop was tailgating the car in front of him.
I was not sure which of the two were more STUPID and IGNORANT - the cop or the guy tailgating the cop. Or, was it a tie?
Maybe we need some police training to show the cops HOW TO DRIVE WITHIN THE LAW and provide an example, too?
Just as a side note, my youngest son wishes to become a police officer. Hopefully one day, he'll actually be able to give out tickets for following too closely. He's been literally run off the road several times - twice in one day, in fact, by people here in Michigan who also don't understand the concept of actually STOPPING at those funny red octagonal signs?
Hopefully some day, he'll be in an unmarked cop car and when that happens, he's going to have one busy day at work.