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Subject:Re: Request help with traffic terminology From:Larry Phillips <larryp -at- BC -dot- ROGERS -dot- WAVE -dot- CA> Date:Mon, 17 Nov 1997 21:42:40 -0800
Peter Hullah wrote:
> I had to ask what 'tailgating' meant when I saw signs in the US
> telling drivers not to do it. It's not a term used in the UK.
> We talk about 'driving too close to the car in front' or 'not
> leaving enough distance'.
Somehow the epithet: "person driving too close to the car in front
sonofabitch!" is lacking in punch.
