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• ong>
  gg

  essive d

  iving<

  st

  ong> is the commission of ce

  t

  in tffic offenses, such

  s t

  ilg

  ting, uns

  fe l

  ne ch

  nges, speeding, ounning

  ed lights. This kind of beh

  vio

  often occu

  s

  hen d

  ive

  s

  e

  unning l

  te

  nd t

  ying to get th

  ough tffic.

  hile

  gg

  essive d

  iving is

  esponsible fo

  up to 66 pe

  cent of the n

  tion’s tffic f

  t

  lities, this beh

  vio

  doesn’t involve

  n intended t

  get.

• ong>

  o

  d ge<

  st

  ong> is the exhibition of

  gg

  essive d

  iving beh

  vio

  s,

  s

  ell

  s othe

  beh

  vio

  s, such

  s

  ude gestu

  es, honking, bke-checking othe

  d

  ive

  s, getting out of the vehicle to conf

  ont

  nothe

  d

  ive

  , delibetely p

  eventing

  nothe

  d

  ive

  f

  om ch

  nging l

  nes, o

  even t

  ying to

  un

  nothe

  vehicle off the

  o

  d o

  using

  fi

  em. The te

  m

  o

  d

  ge

  s initi

  lly coined by

  Los

  ngeles-e

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  tion th

  t s

  epo

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  st

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  egion

  l f

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  ys.

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  d

  ge is distinguished f

  om

  gg

  essive d

  iving by the intent to h

  m othe

  d

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o

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d eng

ged in it include:

• ong>Pu

  posefully t

  ilg

  ting ong>,

  hich 51 pe

  cent—

  bout 104 million—of the n

  tion’s d

  ive

  s

  dmitted to h

  ving committed.<

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• ong>Yelling

  t

  nothe

  d

  ive

  ong>,

  hich 47 pe

  cent—o

  ound 95 million d

  ive

  s—h

  ve done in the p

  st ye

  .

• ong>Honking to shonnoy

  nce o

  nge

  <

  st

  ong>, committed by 45 pe

  cent,

  hich

  mounts to 91 million d

  ive

  s.

• ong>M

  king

  ng

  y gestu

  es is o

  d

  ge ong> beh

  vio

  th

  t

  s committed by

  ound 33 pe

  cent of the n

  tion’s d

  ive

  s,

  hich equ

  tes to

  ound 67 million.

• ong>T

  ying to block

  nothe

  d

  ive

  f

  om ch

  nging l

  nes<

  st

  ong>—24 pe

  cent, o

  49 million d

  ive

  s, h

  ve done this in the p

  st ye.<

  li>

• ong>Cutting off

  nothe

  vehicle on pu

  pose ong> is

  n offense th

  t s committed by ound 12 pe

  cent, o

  24 million d

  ive

  s, in the p

  st ye

  .

• ong>Getting out of the vehicle to conf

  ont

  nothe

  d

  ive

  ong>—4 pe

  cent o

  7.6 million d

  ive

  s.<

  li>

• ong>Pu

  posefully bumping o

  mming

  nothe

  vehicle<

  st

  ong>—ound 5.7 million d

  ive

  s, o

  3 pe

  cent of the count

  y’s d

  iving popul

  tion, h

  ve committed this offense in the p

  st ye

  .

 

Ce

t

in demog

phic g

oups e

esponsible fo

highe

numbe

of

o

d

ge incidents. Fo

ex

mple:

• D
  ive

  s in the No

  the

  ste

  n

  egion of the United St

  tes e mo

  e likely to honk o

  m

  ke

  ude gestu

  es th

  n d

  ive

  s in otheegions.<

  li>

• Young, m
  le d

  ive

  s e ong>mo
  e likely<

  st

  ong> to exhibit

  o

  d ge. M

  les

  e mo

  e th

  n th

  ee times mo

  e likely th

  n fem

  les to get out of the vehicle to conf

  ont

  nothe

  d

  ive

  .<

  li>

• The most likely fo
  ms of

  o

  d ge exhibitedong> by
  omen<

  st

  ong> include yelling,

  ude gestu

  es, o

  t

  ilg

  ting.

• H
  lf of

  ll d

  ive

  s

  ho e conf

  onted

  ith

  gg

  essive d

  iving beh

  vio

  s

  dmit to

  et

  li

  ting

  ith

  gg

  essive beh

  vio

  s of thei

  o

  n.<

  li>

• D
  ive

  s in the ong>25 to 39 ye old

  ge g

  oup<

  st

  ong> e mo

  e likely to eng

  ge in

  o

  d ge beh

  vio

  s, such

  s t

  ilg

  ting, honking, gestu

  ing, cutting off, o

  exiting thei

  vehicle to conf

  ont

  nothe

  d

  ive

  .

• D
  ive

  s

  ges ong>19 to 24

  e mo

  e likely to

  ttempt ong> to block

  nothe

  d

  ive

  f

  om ch

  nging l

  nes o

  to delibetely bump o

  m

  nothe

  vehicle.

 

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n estim

ted 37 pe

cent of

gg

essive d

iving incidents involve

fi

e

m.

gg

essive d

iving is

esponsible fo

t

o-thi

ds of

ll t

ffic f

t

lities.

o

d

ge inc

e

ses

nd esc

l

tes

gg

essive d

iving incidents. He

e e some othe

impo

t

nt conside

tions:

• gg

  essive d

  ive

  s

  e ong>

  ely in full cont

  ol<

  st

  ong> of thei

  vehicles, me

  ning th

  t they

  e less likely to be

  ble to stop ovoid

  di

  ect collision

  ith othe

  s.

  d

  ive

  ’s

  ge qu

  lifies

  s

  distction. D

  iving dist

  ctions

  e d

  nge

  ous on thei

  o

  n, but

  hen mixed

  ith speeding, t

  ilg

  ting, o

  othegg

  essive d

  iving beh

  vio

  s, the consequences c

  n be de

  dly.<

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• The
  et

  li

  to

  y p

  ocess th

  t is ong>often involved in

  o

  d ge<

  st

  ong> incidents c

  n esc

  l

  te the situ

  tion f

  om one in

  hich

  single d

  ive

  is d

  iving

  ecklessly to one

  he

  e multiple d

  ive

  s

  e d

  iving

  ecklessly

  nd going to inc

  e

  sing lengths to punish the othe

  d

  ive

  . This c

  n

  esult in violence on the

  o

  dside o

  even one d

  ive

  t

  ying to

  un

  nothe

  d

  ive

  off the

  o

  d. This inc

  e

  ses the d

  nge

  to not only the occup

  nts of the vehicles involved in the incident, but

  lso eve

  yone else on the

  o

  d

  t th

  t time.

 

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T

ffic h

s inc

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sed in

ecent ye

s

nd is conside

ed one of the p

imy c

uses of

gg

essive d

iving,

s

ell

s of

o

d

ge. Ho

eve

, diffe

ent issues c

n le

d to d

ive

s

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cting out of

nge

, including:

• ong>The
  ctions of othe

  d

  ive

  s ong>. One of the most cited sou

  ces of

  nnoy

  nce to d

  ive

  s is othe

  d

  ive

  s

  ho

  e t

  lking on thei

  cell phones. Othe

  d

  iving beh

  vio

  s th

  t m

  y

  nge

  those

  ith

  hom you sh

  e the

  o

  d include f

  iling to use the tu

  n sign

  l, d

  iving slo

  in the f

  st l

  ne, f

  iling to check

  blind spot befo

  e ch

  nging l

  nes, o

  f

  iling to dim high be

  ms fo

  oncoming t

  ffic.

  o

  d

  ge is often

  et

  li

  to

  y.

  d

  ive

  ho is cut off m

  y

  espond by honking, m

  king

  ude gestu

  es, oo

  se.

• ong>St

  ess ong>. St

  ess

  t

  o

  k o

  home c

  n c

  use d

  ive

  s to c

  y excess emotion

  l b

  gg

  ge

  hen they get behind the

  heel. Combine the

  l

  e

  dy-st

  essed d

  iveith celess oeckless

  ctions of othe

  d

  ive

  s,

  nd you m

  y h

  ve

  o

  d ge expe

  ience

  iting to h

  ppen.<

  li>

• o

  d

  ge is

  lso

  f

  equent sign of ong>ment
  l he

  lth conditions ong>, such

  s Inte

  mittent Explosive Diso

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  s

  condition in

  hich

  n individu

  l suffe

  s

  epe

  ted, sudden episodes of impulsive,

  gg

  essive, o

  violent beh

  vio

  , o

  ng

  y ve

  b

  l outbu

  sts th

  t e g

  ossly out of p

  opo

  tion to the situ

  tion.<

  li>

 

hen Does Someone H

ve

o

d

ge?

ith nely 80 pe

cent of d

ive

s

epo

ting times of signific

nt

nge

hile behind the

heel, you might

sk you

self if you expe

ienced

n ex

mple of

o

d

ge

ecently.

hile the

e e no ste

df

st methods of testing d

ive

s foo

d

ge, indic

to

s of

o

d

ge include:

• You f
  equently exhibit

  gg

  essive d

  iving t

  ctics bec

  use you

  e in

  huy, such

  s speeding to get th

  ough

  n inte

  section befo

  e the light ch

  nges.<

  li>

• You feel the need to co
  

  ect o

  punish the b

  d h

  bits of othe

  d

  ive

  s, such

  s pu

  posefully t

  ilg

  ting

  slo

  d

  ive

  , honking you

  ho

  n to convey

  nnoy

  nce, using you

  high be

  ms, o

  yelling

  nd gestu

  ing.<

  li>

• You tend to t
  ke othe

  d

  ive

  s’ b

  d h

  bits pe

  son

  lly, feeling

  s though you’ve been delibetely cut off o

  th

  t the slo

  d

  ive

  is intention

  lly t

  ying to m

  ke you l

  te fo

  o

  k.<

  li>

• You
  

  e de

  ling

  ith

  lot of st

  ess o

  nge

  in you

  pe

  son

  l life, h

  ve little me

  ns fo

  cont

  olling those emotions,

  nd feel fed up befo

  e you even get out on the

  o

  d.

• You often don’t think
  bout othe

  d

  ive

  s

  s hum

  n beings

  ith lives of thei

  o

  n

  nd the p

  opensity to m

  ke mist

  kes.<

  li>

• You f
  equently d

  ive on little sleep o

  fte

  h

  ving consumed

  lcohol, both of

  hich m

  y h

  mpe

  you

  self-cont

  ol.<

  li>

 

If you suspect th

t you h

ve expe

ienced

o

d ge o

you

e

t

isk fo

eng

ging in

o

d

ge, you c

n do to

void t

igge

s by:

• Seeking
  nge

  m

  n

  gement cou

  ses o

  self-help books th

  t

  ill p

  ovide you

  ith

  pp

  op

  i

  te coping skills.

• If you feel
  ng

  y o

  st

  essed out, giving you

  self some time to cool off befo

  e t

  king to the

  o

  dy.<

  li>

• emembe

  ing th

  t

  moto

  vehicle is

  s de

  dly of e

  pon

  s

  fi

  em is. It is not

  toy o

  tool th

  t you should use to m

  ke

  point to othe

  d

  ive

  s.

• llo

  ing you

  self ext time to

  e

  ch you

  destin

  tion so th

  t t

  ffic doesn’t m

  ke you l

  te. If you

  e going to be l

  te, t

  y to

  ccept th

  t situ

  tion

  nd

  emembe

  th

  t l

  teness is not the end of the

  o

  ld.

• Listening to soothing music o
  

  n

  udiobook

  hile d

  iving, o

  c

  lm you

  self th

  ough b

  e

  thing exe

  cises.

• Keeping photos of you
  loved ones on you

  d

  shbod

  s

  visu

  l

  eminde

  of the impo

  t

  nce of m

  king it home s

  fely.

• eminding you

  self th

  t the beh

  vio

  s of othe

  s

  en’t

  eflection of you but of the st

  ess th

  t the othe

  d

  ive

  m

  y be de

  ling

  ith in his o

  he

  o

  n life.

  emembe

  ing th

  t the othe

  d

  ive

  is hum

  n helps to fo

  give the mist

  kes they m

  ke behind the

  heel.

• voiding d

  iving

  fte

  d

  inking

  lcohol o

  hen ti

  ed.<

  li>

• eminding you

  self of the neg

  tive he

  lth consequences th

  t stem f

  om

  nge

  . Giving in to

  ngeele

  ses st

  ess ho

  mones th

  t c

  n ove

  t

  x you

  het

  nd ci

  cul

  to

  y system.<

  li>

 

Ho

You C

n

void Becoming

Victim of

o

d

ge

hile it is impossible to completely p

event the

ctions of othe

d

ive

s on the

o

d, the

e e some things th

t you c

n do to

void becoming

victim of someone else’s

o

d ge, such

s:

• ong>Be

  conside

  te d

  ive

  ong>. St

  y off you

  phone

  hile d

  iving. Use you

  tu

  n sign

  ls.

  llo

  sp

  ce bet

  een you

  self

  nd the vehicle in f

  ont of you.

  l

  ys check you

  blind spots befo

  e ch

  nging l

  nes.

• ong>Be c

  utious of you

  suoundings<

  st

  ong>.

  e

  lize th

  t

  ny d

  ive

  ound you could be c

  ying

  e

  pon o

  be close to flying into

  ge.<

  li>

• If you’
  e

  victim of someone else’s

  gg

  essive d

  iving beh

  vio

  s, ong>don’t
  et

  li

  te<

  st

  ong>,

  s this m

  y esc

  l

  te the situ

  tion. Inste

  d,

  emind you

  self th

  t the othe

  d

  ive

  is

  lso

  hum

  n being c

  p

  ble of m

  king mist

  kes

  nd

  lso

  n impo

  t

  nt pt of someone’s f

  mily. It’s not you

  job to te

  ch this d

  ive lesson o

  m

  ke

  point

  bout his o

  he

  d

  iving skills. Th

  t is the job of l enfo

  cement.

• ong>Do not

  llo

  nothe

  d

  ive

  <

  st

  ong> to m

  nipul

  te you into esc

  l

  ting the situ

  tion.

• If someone is d
  iving

  gg

  essively, put some ong>dist
  nce bet

  een you

  self<

  st

  ong>

  nd th

  t d

  ive

  ’s vehicle. Slo

  do

  n o

  ch

  nge l

  nes.

• ong>

  void m

  king eye cont

  ct o

  h

  nd gestu

  es<

  st

  ong>,

  s this m

  y fu

  the

  infl

  me the othe

  d

  ive

  ’s ge.<

  li>

• If you
  

  e conf

  onted by

  n

  ng

  y d

  ivend c

  nnot ong>dive

  t them ong> f

  om m

  king you

  t

  get, c

  ll the loc

  l police o

  911 to

  epo

  t the situ

  tion. Be su

  e to p

  ovide the pe

  son on the othe

  end of the line

  ith det

  ils, including the m

  ke

  nd model of the

  gg

  essive d

  ive

  ’s vehicle, license numbe

  ,

  nd the p

  ecise loc

  tion

  he

  e the incident took pl

  ce.<

  li>

• ong>Do NOT pull ovend stop you

  c

  ong>. This invites the

  ng

  y d

  ive

  to pull in behind you

  nd puts you

  life

  t

  isk.<

  li>

• If the
  ng

  y d

  ive

  is follo

  ing you,ong> do not d
  ive home o

  to you

  pl

  ce of

  o

  k ong>,

  s this

  ill give the d

  ive

  mo

  e info

  m

  tion

  bout you. Inste

  d, if you must stop, pull into

  busy pking lot

  nd yell fo

  help f

  om othe

  s neby.<

  li>

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