It goes without saying that you shouldn’t tailgate the cop ahead of you.
But one new driver was given three reasons not to tailgate anyone – or drive erratically in any way, for that matter – yesterday.
“If a car in front of you is going the speed limit & you want to go faster, don’t tailgate & then try to pass on a double solid line,” wrote Cst. Rob Hryhorczuk in a tweet yesterday.
“If unsuccessful don’t then drive into the side of it.”
Sage advice – particularly when that vehicle in front happens to be an unmarked police car.
In a follow-up tweet Saturday morning, Hryhorczuk clarified the N driver did not crash into his car, but that of a traffic enforcement officer “who issued 3 pieces of paper to the driver.”
“The driver thought it was funny, hopefully it was just a nervous reaction to meeting the police for the first time.”
If a car in front of you is going the speed limit & you want to go faster, don't tailgate & then try to pass on a double solid line. If unsuccessful don't then drive into the side of it. Today the "N" driver did just this to one of our unmarked police vehicles.
— Cst. Rob Hryhorczuk APD (@EmergPlanning) February 1, 2019
No it didn't happen to me. It happened to one our @AbbyPoliceDept Traffic Enforcement Members who issued 3 pieces of paper to the driver. The driver thought it was funny, hopefully it was just a nervous reaction to meeting the police for the first time. https://t.co/sBefmtV6iY
— Cst. Rob Hryhorczuk APD (@EmergPlanning) February 2, 2019
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