Police ticketed a total of 15,065 drivers for tailgating last year, up 2,040 or 15.7 percent from the previous year, due to increased efforts to tackle dangerous driving practices, police data showed Thursday.
All cases were violations of a clause in the road traffic law requiring drivers to maintain a safe distance from vehicles ahead of them.
Dangerous driving involving tailgating or sudden braking, among other hazardous behaviors, has become a social issue in the country after a couple died and their two daughters were injured on the Tomei Expressway in a high-profile road-rage case in 2017.