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Aggressive Driving Awareness Month

Aggressive Driving Awareness Month

it is aggressive driving, or behavior that occurs when a driver fails to consider human safety by committing a combination of moving traffic offenses that endanger other persons or property.

What is your cause?

Driving Behaviors Reported For Drivers And Motorcycle Operators Involved In Fatal Crashes, 2016

Numbers

  • Driving too fast for conditions or in excess of posted limit or racing 9,234 17.8%
  • Under the influence of alcohol, drugs, or medication 5,592 10.8
  • Failure to keep in proper lane 3,890 7.5
  • Failure to yield right of way 3,659 7.0
  • Distracted (phone, talking, eating, object, etc.) 3,210 6.2
  • Operating vehicle in a careless manner 2,696 5.2
  • Failure to obey traffic signs, signals, or officer 2,064 4.0
  • Operating vehicle in erratic, reckless or negligent manner 2,002 3.9
  • Overcorrecting/oversteering 1,967 3.8
  • Vision obscured (rain, snow, glare, lights, building, trees, etc.) 1,566 3.0
  • Drowsy, asleep, fatigued, ill, or blacked out 1,310 2.5
  • Swerving or avoiding due to wind, slippery surface, etc. 1,307 2.5
  • Driving wrong way on one-way traffic or wrong side of road 1,169 2.3
  • Making improper turn 348 0.7
  • Other factors 6,130 11.8
  • None reported 15,970 30.8
  • Unknown 8,479 16.3
  • Total drivers (1) 51,914 100.0%

distracted drivers by age

Risky behavior on the road

Signs of aggressive driving

Numbers

  • Speeding
  • Running red lights
  • Tailgating
  • Flashing bright lights
  • Honking
  • Reacting and escalating

why?

It is important to observe this cause because its a common issue around the world that results in multiple fatalities and this issue needs to be solved

Why is it important to observe this cause?

how to prevent aggressive driving?

One key to prevention is to avoid engaging in the behaviors yourself and trying not to give other roadway users cause to become aggressive.

Avoid conflict. It is best to assume that other drivers’ mistakes are not personal.

Never attempt to take the right of way. It must give given to you by other drivers.

When using high-beam headlights, return to low-beam headlights as soon as you detect an oncoming vehicle.

Do not drive behind another vehicle with your high-beam headlights on.

Be as polite on the road as you would be in any other social situation. You cannot control traffic, but you can control your responses to it.

How/ Where can you donate?

There aren't many places to donate to but if you want to/ can you can go to http://www.faces4.org/donations

Other ways to help this cause

  • Stay calm behind the wheel
  • Plan ahead. Allowing yourself enough travel time will prevent a time crunch.
  • Stay alert behind the wheel
  • Sleep. Make sure you get enough sleep before your drive.
  • protect yourself from aggressive drivers
  • Always be a courteous driver. Set an example for other drivers by always being courteous and driving defensively.
  • Take action!!! You can prevent aggressive driving

Organizations that represents this cause

  • GHSA
  • SCARR
  • NHTSA
  • etc

Amount of people affected by this cause

QUESTIONS

The amount of people who were affected by aggressive driving is probably ongoing pass 1 million and magority were either injured, killed, or experienced in road rage.

5 Facts

  • Aggressive driving can range from risky behavior to that which escalates to serious violence.
  • Common driving behaviors include: tailgating, weaving in and out of traffic, passing on the shoulder, speeding, cutting off traffic, honking, yelling, flashing headlights and using inappropriate gestures.
  • 1. Speeding- 916 citations
  • 2. Following too close- 244 citations
  • 3. Unsafe lane changes- 173 citations
  • 4. Failure to yield the right of way- 22 citations

References

QUESTIONS

Asbridge, M., R. Smart, and R. Mann (2006). "Can We Prevent Road Rage?" Trauma, Violence and Abuse 7(2): 109-121.

-------— (2003). "The 'Homogamy' of Road Rage: Understanding the Relationship Between Victimization and Offending Among Aggressive and Violent Motorists." Violence and Victims, 12(5): 517-531.

Beck, R., and E. Fernandez (1998). "Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy in the Treatment of Anger: A Meta-Analysis." Cognitive Therapy and Research 22(1): 63–74

Crimmins, J. and C. Callahan (2003). "Reducing Road Rage: The Role of Target Insight in Advertising for Social Change." Journal of Advertising Research 43(4): 381-389.

Deffenbacher, J. (2002). "Principles of Empirically Supported Interventions Applied to Anger Management." The Counseling Psychologist 30(2): 262–280.

Flango, V., D. Cullen, and A. Keith (2003). The Status of Court-Based Aggressive Driving Programs in Virginia: A Report to the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles. Williamsburg, V.A.: National Center for State Courts.

etc

Website

https://exchange.aaa.com/safety/driving-advice/aggressive-driving/#.WvBL5ogvzIU

https://www.drivesafer.com/blog/aggressive-driving-road-rage/

and much more

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