Dangerous road rage is growing across the U.S.
This update has important tips to protect you from out of control drivers and other growing dangers you can face behind the wheel in 2018. Driver behavior and attitudes are decided factors. Some knowingly break the law. Anger is driving others to commit murder.
Road rage
Arizona, New Jersey, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Colorado, Washington and Texas reported road rage killings in the first seven months of 2018. According to the New York Times, road rage incidents with guns more than doubled from 2014 to 2016. Knives are also taking lives.
A fireman in Arizona was shot in the head and killed in a road rage incident in February 2018. New Jersey police were on the hunt for a road rage killer who stabbed his victim in the face in March 2018. In May 2018, a 24-year old Missouri Air National Guard reservist was stabbed and killed by another driver. In July 2018, a Pennsylvania man shot a teenager in the head, killing her, as she tried to merge onto a road. Follow those vital tips so you won’t be a victim.
Distracted driving
A 2018 study by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety found 96.8% of drivers said texting or emailing while driving is a “serious threat,” but 44.9% admitted reading texts and emails while driving and 34.7% admitted typing a text message or an email behind the wheel. These videos will show your teen “distracted driving is more than a “stupid mistake”
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) says distracted driving is a dangerous trend that’s “getting worse.” It includes anything that takes your eyes off the road behind the wheel, adjusting the radio, applying makeup and eating and drinking.
Risky and impaired driving
Many drivers in the AAA study admitted running red lights “when they could have stopped safely.” AAA also found 50.3% of drivers admitted driving 15 mph over the speed limit on a freeway and 47.6% admitted driving 10 mph above the speed limit on residential streets.
The study found up to 95.2% of those surveyed said drowsy driving is unacceptable, but “3 in 10” admitted driving “when they were so tired they had a hard time keeping their eyes open.” While 94.3% said drinking and driving “is a serious threat to their personal safety,” 13.5% admitted driving “at least once” when they thought they might be over or near the legal limit.
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