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Subject:Re: Request help with traffic terminology From:Mark Baker <mbaker -at- IEE -dot- ORG> Date:Thu, 20 Nov 1997 00:13:23 -0000
In article <3477748f -dot- 20718601 -at- news -dot- tcp -dot- co -dot- uk>,
freddylaker -at- tcp -dot- co -dot- uk (Markus Laker) writes:
>> 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.
>
> It's common currency here on the South coast but it's a recent addition
> to British English.
I agree that it's used in British English, but to me it means deliberately
driving too close to someone, to intimidate them or whatever, rather than
just doing it carelessly because you're in a hurry.
