If the car in front of you applies the brake and you then have to apply your brakes straight away, then you’re a “Tail-Gater” There will be no more denial. 95% of people who tail-gate don't think they are.

Tail-Gaters actually cause more road congestion than slow drivers. A person driving 95 (or even 80) in a 100K zone will only slow the rest of the traffic to 95 (or 80).

But when drivers are tail gating, the application of the brakes by one driver in a lane creates a ripple effect that can go back 100’s of cars behind them. But what starts out with someone applying their brakes to reduce the speed of their vehicle by a couple of klms, can result in a vehicle about 50 back coming to a dead stop as each driver behind the first car applies their breaks just a fraction harder due the fact they do not know how much the driver in front is going to slow down.

The only thing that can stop this ripple effect is when a driver has allowed enough space, between them and the car in front, to coast (and slow down) for a bit when they see the person in front is applying the brakes. But if the road is full of tailgaters, then there is no saving the situation.

Yes, there will be times when non-tailgaters need to apply the brakes, but it will be a genuine reason and not because they are checking the haemorrhoids of the driver in front who has just touched the brakes.

Have you ever been in slow moving traffic and thought there must be an accident or road works up ahead only to have the traffic speed up again and you are then at a loss as to why they were going slow??? Then the process starts again and everyone grinds to a halt. Now you know what's happening.

Are you part of the problem or in denial??