Perhaps the fact that the car was tailgating him made him accelerate.

很可能是因为那辆车跟得太紧，他才加速的。

Tailgating is a leading cause of accidents.

追尾是发生车祸的最主要原因。

So is tailgating, but we'll skip that part.

追尾也是，但是我们还是跳过这部分比较好。

I wish the person behind us could stop tailgating us.

真希望我们后面那个人可以不要再紧跟我们。