Too close for comfort: an L-driver’s nightmare

FOLLOWING Ronnie Plant’s letter (September 3) about people driving about in clear conditions with their foglights fully on, I wish to highlight another example of bad driving — tailgating.

As a learner driver I have a hard enough time trying to concentrate on what I am doing and the last thing I need is a tailgater so close I can identify the brand of mobile phone he is chatting on.

Recently I was driving home from a friend’s house with a fully licensed driver of 30 years in the front passenger seat when someone I know came up behind me, leaving about a foot of ‘thinking time’ between us.