1895 Nebraska State Jrnl. 24 Oct. 5/5 The barefoot dance was presented by six girls, and resulted in a large amount of rubber necking.

1939 Times Lit. Suppl. 20 May 293/3 Mr. Graves resembles some of the professional guides who showed him round when he went ‘rubber-necking’.

1958 Observer 27 Apr. 6/7 Mr. Gunther has the born tourist's eye... He carries his rubber-necking from the pavements and the cafés to every corner.

1993 Rolling Stone 18 Feb. 40/2 Behind..its rubbernecking at the oddities of American life, there is something decidedly mean about tabloid television.

2003 Technol. Rev. Mar. 25/1 Transportation researchers..say that although they can't prevent crashes or rubbernecking, they'll soon have a better way to disperse traffic and avoid jams.

1904 Chicago Sunday Tribune 24 Jan. (Mag.) 7/1 When he consents to be dragged up to the altar in the presence of a horde of rubbernecking acquaintances and strangers it is the final proof of his devotion and subjection.

1922 Stone Cutter's Jrnl. July 23/3 They essay the flapper's pride As they flabbergast the rubbernecking throng.

1961 M. L. Kalb Dragon in Kremlin viii. 118 A sturdy, rubbernecking tourist, he [sc. Khrushchev] visited many historical shrines and impressive landmarks.

1992 Sci. Amer. (U.K. ed.) Sept. 23/1 A long-lasting pocket of slowly moving vehicles can result from one rubbernecking motorist briefly hitting the brake.