why is it called rubbernecking? why do people do it?

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Originally posted by: zoiks

Originally posted by: Eeezee

Originally posted by: zoiks
Why isn't it illegal anyway? Why don't they hand out tickets for rubbernecking? After all if you were to tally up the time for all the other drivers behind you, wouldn't that mean a high decrease in productivity.

Who are you going to ticket? How would you possibly ticket anyone for rubbernecking?

Most of the people caught in rubbernecking aren't responsible for it, and it will be impossible to ticket everyone who started it anyway. What are you going to do?

How hard is it for you to catch a rubbernecker? You're saying that a police officer at the scene of the accident or whatever can't notice some asshole slowing everybody the fuck down?
Try passing out tickets and people will change their habits. Right now there is free reign for rubberneckers to slow down and willingly cause inconvenience for everyone else behind them without any problems or penalties.

too hard to enforce and too easy to fight.