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notea toaay mat ine ariver s action which is the most often listed violation in all crashes—including fatal, non-fatal injury and property damage crashes—is that of “not having the right of way." In 1977, this action was listed as being present in 6,028 non-injury crashes, 17,740 property damage crashes, 68 fatal crashes and in 23,836 of the 142,270 total crashes.
Following too closely, often referred to as “tailgaiting,” ranks a not-too-distant second in terms of driver's actions indicated for total crashes—16,739. Third and fourth place goes to exceeded stated speed limit (9,977) and exceeded safe speed (8,731), respectively. The later two violations did rank far ahead of any other in regard to being present in 443 of the 998 fatal crashes in 1977. There were 1,145 individuals killed in these crashes.
Although ranked no. 2, tailgaiters need not feel overlooked. Complaints indicate that it's the tailgaiter who provokes the greatest wrath from the more courteous highway users.
Adding to the difficulty is the fact following too closely is a motor vehicle offense not easily enforced until after the
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