This topic is a dumpster fire of terrible drivers and they're all mad at the wrong person. Look in the fucking mirror.
If you're driving and a car in the same lane as you, make up whatever long distance you want, let's say 3 city bus lengths in front of you suddenly brakes...you better be fucking reacting to that. I don't care if you're twice the recommended following distance away. A person braking in directly in front of you should directly affect your driving in some way. If you aren't directly braking, easing off the gas, or preparing to brake, then you aren't paying attention.
This isn't about "Tailgating", that's complete and utter horse shit. This is CE not understanding basic concepts of driving. If you aren't reacting to the person in front of you suddenly braking, get off the fucking roads.
All of you in this topic should not be driving. I drive for a living, I see idiots every day. First rule of driving, everyone on the road is an idiot. Including you.
So many people in this topic are trying to throw the TC under the bus, but that's just regular CE shit. See my sig.
You obviously can't be mad or troll the people in the OP's story who have 2 counts of idiot driving (driving too slow for road conditions and brake checking). Obviously those people aren't here to respond to your weak trolling attempts. But you can try and reach and fabricate the TC's story.
No amount of trolling will change the reality that driving too slow and brake checking is a combination of a terrible driver, who would have put any single one of you in the same exact position to react to their shitty driving if you came up behind them.
All of you need to give your heads a shake and gtfo the roads. This place does skew young though, maybe some of you really don't know any better yet. Some may not even have their drivers licenses.
Lol, how fast are you driving that you are writing a novel that defends tailgating?
Get off your high horse, as if driving for money means professionals are not capable of being absolutely reckless. Id be rich, if I had a nickel for every bus and semi driver who thought they owned the roads.