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Help Get the Word Out
Discuss aggressive driving with members of your family, friends, individuals, and community groups.
Realize that traffic crashes are sometimes caused by the way we drive.
Motor vehicle crashes are not inevitable, they are avoidable.
Reduce your stress when you drive.
Allow plenty of time for the trip, listen to soothing music, improve the comfort in your vehicle, and understand that you cannot control traffic, only your reaction to it. In the end, you may find that personal frustration, anger, and impatience may be the most dangerous "drugs" on the highway.
Assume other drivers' mistakes are not personal.
Be polite and courteous, even if the other driver is not. Avoid all conflict if possible. If another driver challenges you, take a deep breath, and move out of the way. Never underestimate the other driver's capacity for causing mayhem.
Report aggressive drivers.
Some states have a cellular telephone number that motorists can use to report dangerous driving to the appropriate law enforcement agency. If you have a cellular telephone in your vehicle, keep the number handy. Then, when you see a driver operating a vehicle in a threatening manner, you or a passenger should make the call. Make sure you give a vehicle description, license number, the location, and direction of travel. You could prevent a tragedy.
Be a courteous driver.
Everyone has the power to set an example, and this will help make our roadways safer.
- Control your own anger
- Don't take traffic problems personally.
- Avoid making eye contact with an aggressive driver.
- Don't make obscene gestures.
- Don't tailgate.
- Use your horn sparingly. (Even a polite honk can be misinterpreted.)
- Don't block the passing lane.
- Don't block the right-hand turn lane.
Know what to do
If you are confronted by an aggressive driver, go to the nearest police station. Also make sure your doors are locked at all times, and if you're stopped in traffic, leave enough space to pull out from behind the car you are following. | 
