The controversial report revealed that tailgating has increased steadily over the past 15 years, since tailgating statistics were first kept. Furthermore the study found also that the drivers being tailgated often reacted counterintuitively by slowing down even more.
One member of the ODOT research team, who asked not to be identified, was quoted as saying, "I can't believe we're spending tax-payer money on this."
Not all attending yesterday's news conference were in agreement, however, as local resident Jeffrey Wertz explained, "All this talk about tailgating causing more wrecks and more road-rage incidents and stress and stuff, they're ignoring the fact that some people are just more important than others and they don't have time to be stuck behind some slow-poke moron. It's just more government propaganda, if you ask me."
Asked why tailgating is so prevalent, given the many drawbacks, ODOT spokesman Robert Sanderson speculated, "Civility in this country is going down the toilet, and this is just one of many indications of that."
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