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I'm all for this. Especially in Bay Area traffic. It looks like about 95% of the time I get some tailgater because I leave enough room in front of my car to brake. If I dont' want to get tailgated, I end up tailgating. I seriously wish these people would either shape up or stop driving cars altogether.

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Small issue to potentially give up privacy for. This is rather a job for the police and sensibilisation campaigns.

Also think of this way: if you both tailgate, and you have to brake, you will be hitting both the one in front of you, and getting hit in the back. If you don't tailgate and only get tailgated, you will only get hit in the back. (And have a way better defence for your insurance company.)

(PS I'm going to assume this is tailgating on the highway ?)

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