{"id":191474,"date":"2026-08-12T12:27:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T10:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/?p=191474"},"modified":"2026-08-13T11:23:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T09:23:21","slug":"tailgating-the-dutch-hate-it-belgian-drivers-do-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/nl\/2026\/08\/12\/tailgating-the-dutch-hate-it-belgian-drivers-do-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Tailgating: de Nederlanders hebben er een hekel aan, Belgische automobilisten doen het (update)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Te dicht achter elkaar rijden <span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"en\">is een van de grootste ergernissen in het verkeer. Het is een wijdverbreid Europees en internationaal verkeersveiligheidsprobleem en geen Belgische of Nederlandse eigenaardigheid. 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It is a widespread European and international road-safety problem and not a Belgian or Dutch peculiarity. In the Netherlands, more than one in six motorists (16.2%) cite it as their primary source of irritation. Next come making non-hands-free calls while driving (15.8%) and failing to use turn signals (15.2%).\u00a0Almost half of all surveyed drivers cite one of these three violations as their biggest frustration on the road.\u00a0The figures come from research by the comparison website Autoverzekering.nl.This content has been archived. 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