tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12583005.post597259127181400291..comments2023-01-04T02:09:40.565-05:00Comments on Albany Lawyer: Following Too Close (Tailgating) - The traffic law that should be enforced.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16942422727278141113noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12583005.post-22485553101121139172013-04-15T10:37:42.643-04:002013-04-15T10:37:42.643-04:00A good rule of thumb that doesn't depend on kn...A good rule of thumb that doesn't depend on knowing car lengths or even your own speed is 3-5 seconds. As the car in front of you passes a reference point (say a sign), it should take you 3-5 seconds to come to the same sign. <br /><br />Also, when parked you are supposed to be a full car length behind the car in front of you. If someone slams into the back of you and pushes you into the car Zerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17816334804913209101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12583005.post-56978947080286984622013-02-14T23:14:57.584-05:002013-02-14T23:14:57.584-05:00You do not have the right to just slam on the brak...You do not have the right to just slam on the brakes and cause an accident. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16942422727278141113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12583005.post-43992624436571378802013-02-14T18:28:42.559-05:002013-02-14T18:28:42.559-05:00I dont think cops have a right to give out citatio...I dont think cops have a right to give out citations for following to close, people "tailgate" me everyday, but what can i do about it, nothing but roll down my window and give them the finger, just because they have a badge and trooper car they have the right to pull me over for something that happens to me everyday about it, people need to wake up and stop giving up there rights.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12583005.post-54771215730899760062013-02-14T18:25:38.232-05:002013-02-14T18:25:38.232-05:00No its just something your always going to encount...No its just something your always going to encounter at the very least once a week, it happens to everybody and i think everybody has done it at least once in there life. So if its something that happens to everybody what gives cops right to hand out a citation for it, next time it happens to me why don't i have the right to just slam on the breaks and then get behind the person to pull them Somebodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06262124391623806117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12583005.post-76399092789737486652012-09-12T12:53:47.224-04:002012-09-12T12:53:47.224-04:00Re: touchet ---
you don't really think it'...Re: touchet ---<br /><br />you don't really think it's because people didn't take driver's training do you? you have far too much faith in people's manners. i see this same behavior all the time. it's called RUDENESS. some people think they're more important than the rest of the cars on the road, and they zoom ahead to cut in line.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12583005.post-34784015364562323842012-09-12T09:33:38.012-04:002012-09-12T09:33:38.012-04:00Most people know what they are doing when they tai...Most people know what they are doing when they tailgate, so i don't think its an issue with not knowing the law. However, you forgot to mention yielding, especially when its a merging lane. <br /><br />I have seen many an accident due to merging issues. Here I think that the law not requiring someone to have a drivers education course is the problem. People will get in the right lane when Touchethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02451235678609165531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12583005.post-29588352776441023172012-08-03T17:52:45.036-04:002012-08-03T17:52:45.036-04:00I'm sorry, you law enforcement officers and la...I'm sorry, you law enforcement officers and lawyers can say what you want. I am a student going to school for criminal justice, and my case study that I am going to do in law schoool is going to be police officers that feel that they are above all laws. I am in Tacoma, WA, driving on I-5 Northbound. This Sherriff's Dept. car came hauling tail to the right of me, not on a call, no lights, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12583005.post-33379208337395447912012-07-18T09:12:31.214-04:002012-07-18T09:12:31.214-04:00Yes, thank you Calvin. You and the Albany lawyer ...Yes, thank you Calvin. You and the Albany lawyer have been most helpful and informative in this post. I will be heading to my local police headquarters and city hall to inquire about the TruCAM. I live in a somewhat large city where accidents happen everyday on every highway, and although I don't know the cause of them, I do know I get tailgated everyday at very dangerous speeds.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12583005.post-16581017489379962982012-07-18T08:58:32.903-04:002012-07-18T08:58:32.903-04:00I hope you get one too...I hope you get one too...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12583005.post-31468105299482619712012-07-18T08:55:34.116-04:002012-07-18T08:55:34.116-04:00I've hit my brakes and stopped hard many times...I've hit my brakes and stopped hard many times for many reasons in many cars at many speeds... I've never hit anything, because I don't follow too closely. I did when I was a stupid kid and I'm lucky I never got into an accident. I am a safe and curious driver now... So sir/madam, if you hit the person in front of you when they stopped or slowed quickly, you were indeed Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12583005.post-28916295014219143662012-07-18T08:48:10.545-04:002012-07-18T08:48:10.545-04:00Commenting on "out of state plates" pers...Commenting on "out of state plates" person...<br /><br /> Do you think the person in front of you that was "slamming on their brakes for no reason with not a single car ahead of them for miles" was perhaps trying to get you to back off because you were... say... I don't know... FOLLOWING TOO CLOSE?!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12583005.post-25505832123279829342012-02-09T10:48:31.313-05:002012-02-09T10:48:31.313-05:00Thanks for a great comment Calvin!Thanks for a great comment Calvin!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16942422727278141113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12583005.post-11976470630983468742012-02-09T10:08:41.577-05:002012-02-09T10:08:41.577-05:00I'm a Kansas Police Officer but happened upon ...I'm a Kansas Police Officer but happened upon your page by chance and read this article.<br />I can't speak for everywhere, but I know here we didn't enforce FTC too often previously because it was hard to do on the officers word alone. There was a need for more evidence. Sometimes you could catch them on your camera if you were going the same direction-showing less than 2 car Calvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11829283029511388131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12583005.post-46966935156828006392011-09-08T20:56:12.792-04:002011-09-08T20:56:12.792-04:00Sadly I was pulled over for the first time ever, a...Sadly I was pulled over for the first time ever, almost 3 months ago by a highway patrol, I was very nice to him and he was very rude. He told me to hurry up with my paperwork, not to upset him because I wouldnt like him when he was angery and grabbed some of my papers out of my glovebox! He also told me to tell my dad to clean his truck (Because I was in my father truck) the car on the side of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12583005.post-70181613161872525342011-05-05T17:57:50.399-04:002011-05-05T17:57:50.399-04:00I too am a police officer who stumbled across this...I too am a police officer who stumbled across this post. I’m also a traffic crash reconstructionist and have quite a bit of experience with time/distance and braking calculations. <br /><br />I’m a little surprised that a police officer would cite the one car length per ten mile per hour “rule” as a good standard for establishing following distance. Using that standard, a car traveling at 50 Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02208513700083668656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12583005.post-61115177579791354422011-04-20T14:53:47.891-04:002011-04-20T14:53:47.891-04:00EVERYONE is guilty of this at one time or another;...EVERYONE is guilty of this at one time or another; having a bad day, not paying attention, or in a hurry we have all been guilty of this violation. I thought it was humorous how you mentioned that your car was so much nice than the individual who was following you (that has nothing to do with the situation). Maybe that tells you a little bit about the individual driving the car; they could be Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12583005.post-4702839872048079802010-11-11T00:03:54.141-05:002010-11-11T00:03:54.141-05:00You're an idiot. In order for there to be a c...You're an idiot. In order for there to be a crime there has to be an injured party. "Following too close" is a statute reserved for when someone has been rear ended. There is no standard, no measurement that can be held up in court to say someone was following too close unless someone was rear ended and thus injured. <br /><br />Even if a police officer uses radar to measure Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13002633871284849474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12583005.post-39055258776154016742010-11-02T10:26:23.246-04:002010-11-02T10:26:23.246-04:00My son recently go ticketed after a low speed coll...My son recently go ticketed after a low speed collision in traffic on a major side street. Stop and go traffic with lots of traffic lights in that section. Question: How is the cop to decide if he WAS following too closely, or if there was some OTHER factor involved that was out of his control - or if it was just the conditions? The cop didn't witness how close he was; there IS not actual JoeVnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12583005.post-50771288945437423672010-06-25T06:19:15.778-04:002010-06-25T06:19:15.778-04:00"I was driving to school and a car with out o..."I was driving to school and a car with out of state plates was in the left lane"<br /><br />Driving to school?<br /><br />A: Makes you sound young, thereby contributing to the attitude many of us have about young drivers.<br /><br />B: Makes me laugh, thinking "I hope you were going to driving school."<br /><br />C: Did you even read the post or the other comments? Since you Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16942422727278141113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12583005.post-38827955680203384452010-06-24T23:43:07.422-04:002010-06-24T23:43:07.422-04:00I got a ticket for "following too closely&quo...I got a ticket for "following too closely" and it was absolutely ridiculous. When you think about it, when your in traffic everyone on the LIE, or parkway, or even highway is tailgating. I was driving to school and a car with out of state plates was in the left lane of the LIE going 40 in front of me. When i tried to go into the middle lane to get around him, the car next to me sped Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12583005.post-22418159220600115762010-04-11T19:33:20.925-04:002010-04-11T19:33:20.925-04:00Anonymous replies that brakes were not leaky until...Anonymous replies that brakes were not leaky until the unusually high pressure of a panic-stop burst a line that was corroded. The car was properly inspected and maintained, but corrosion does not alweays spare brake lines. Failures, unfortunately, are most likely to occur at times of unusual stress.<br /><br />I'm a cautious and careful driver with an exceptional safety record. My beef isAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12583005.post-41803910348715198742010-04-10T08:41:11.461-04:002010-04-10T08:41:11.461-04:00So anonymous following far behind with leaky brake...So anonymous following far behind with leaky brakes ... what did you learn from this experience?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16942422727278141113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12583005.post-17670573073068616522010-04-09T17:06:52.150-04:002010-04-09T17:06:52.150-04:00..so my case: I was FAR behind the car ahead, cam.....so my case: I was FAR behind the car ahead, came upon some cars stopped in the roadway due to deer, hit my brakes causing a hydraulic leak and inefficient braking -> low speed collision. Trooper comes after the accident and tickets me for 1129; found guilty ny justice court. Is that silly when their was no testimony whatsoever on how close I was following?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12583005.post-21062162532924089492010-02-19T23:49:17.871-05:002010-02-19T23:49:17.871-05:00The only thing about this violation is that you ma...The only thing about this violation is that you may be following someone at a safe distance but then a person may hit their brakes rapidly when they see a officer sitting on the side of the road or in the median. At that moment it may appear as if you are tailgaiting that individual. <br />I received a ticket today for this by a NY State Trooper and I really felt as if it was unfair. I will be mr mabstoahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02375184138999513237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12583005.post-26965086996811373992010-01-27T22:05:16.872-05:002010-01-27T22:05:16.872-05:00I am 50/50 with this article. I was recently issue...I am 50/50 with this article. I was recently issued a FTC ticket when a taxi cut me off and the cop only saw when he was infront of me and not the complete situation. When I tried to explain the cop gave me a dirty look. <br />The one car lenght rule might apply in some less congested places, but I don't think they could build enough roads to fit all the cars in NYC during rush hour. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com