Whatever your opinion of tailgating safety, there are always those who take it too far.
Going to work yesterday, I saw a bloke on a postie bike (Honda CT110) tailgating a truck.
He was so close, from a distance I thought it was something mounted on the back of the truck.
As I went past them (downhill EOC
), I saw there was 10 feet at most between truck and bike.
For those who've never ridden a postie bike, at 80kph (nearly top speed), those tiny brakes wouldn't have a hope of stopping you in time to avoide hitting the truck, even if the rider's reaction time was perfect.
On a good note, there wasn't any mention of a rider being squashed on the news, so I guess he was lucky this time.
