Whether it’s done out of impatience, haste, or habit, tailgating is an extremely dangerous practice. Some think it isn’t a big deal because so many people do it. However, that doesn’t change the fact that it can cause a crash where the fault will almost certainly be the tailgater’s since rear-end accidents are almost always the fault of the car behind. Such an accident can happen in less than a second because the following distance of tailgaters often leaves less than a second of reaction time. In a situation requiring a hard stop,.