To the editor:
I just read the editorial, headlined Please back off, on page A8 of your Jan. 19 edition, and I couldn’t agree more.
Aggressive tailgating, especially after dark, really is endemic around here.
Although we rarely drive at night, we, too, were recently victimized by one of these demented road warriors just north of town after the sun went down. In spite of numerous opportunities to pass, a pickup truck (somehow it’s always seems to be a pickup truck) decided to zero in on our vehicle mere inches from the rear bumper.
Apparently we were being “punished” for the egregious sin of doing 100 km/h in a 100-km/h zone. I finally pulled over on to the shoulder, which resulted in a lot of furious horn blasts.
It’s all well and good to say, “Get their licence number and report them,” but in the winter, plates are covered in snow and the rest of the year they’re obscured by mud.
Some day when we have autonomous vehicles, or at least automatic proximity braking systems on all vehicles, we will be free of this dangerous nonsense.
Until then, perhaps the RCMP should
consider employing a fleet of mobile “bait” cars, nondescript vehicles equipped with front and rear continuous video monitoring being driven at the speed limit or the appropriate speed for conditions.
Combined with some sort of criminal aggressive driving charges and vehicle seizure, it might actually become safe and pleasant to venture out onto British Columbia roads.
I. Schreifels
108 Mile Ranch
