Now, I&#x27;m not saying a car&#x27;s length is an appropriate distance.  Generally speaking it should be 2-3 seconds. But I see this idea a lot on the internet, particularly on reddit: I should be unsafe because other people will get mad at me for being safe which will make them do wildly unsafe things.<p>I&#x27;m sorry, but I can&#x27;t accept that. Police need to start focusing on safety instead of revenue generation. I don&#x27;t care what some idiot is doing, if you&#x27;re tailgating them at highway speeds in the lane next to me you&#x27;re putting us all at risk just so you can get somewhere 3 minutes faster. I don&#x27;t care if you&#x27;re upset about the length between the car ahead of you and the one ahead of it. Cutting them off in the lane next to me and nearly causing a reck is insane. We have to stop just accepting that being an asshole is okay and start holding people accountable.