RISK/AGGRESSIVE DRIVING/ROAD RAGE NOTES
RISK
- ______: is the chance of injury, damage or loss
- Injury, damage or loss usually are the ______of a crash
- Every driver ______a certain level of ______when driving a vehicle
- A driver must ______risk in order to avoid ______
- The ______of risk are:
1.
2.
3.
- Risk assessment involves:
- ______increased risk situations
- ______
- failure to ______
- ______
- following too closely
- ______turns
- ______of safety belt use
- Understanding the ______of increased risk situations
- Considering your ______and the ______of your choices
- Risk ______
- There is ______a certain amount of ______involved in the driving task
- ______can help you ______risk!
- Having good seeing habits and your ability to manage spaces on the roadway are ______ingredients for ______driving
- To ______risk, drivers need time, space and visibility to execute a maneuver
- Risk compensation: ______potential risk or limitations and ______appropriate adjustments
- Adjust ______to ______risk
- Adjust ______to reduce risk
- Use appropriate ______to reduce risk
- Three principles for ______risks:
- ______risk more than you can afford to lose
- ______risk large consequences for a small reward
- Consider the ______and your ______
- ______decision-making is ______to reducing driving risks
- A driver in city traffic makes ______decisions per _____
- Your ______and ______can only do what your ______tells them to do
- Develop good procedures for decision making
AGGRESSIVE DRIVING/ROAD RAGE
- Most crashes are ______accidents, but the result of drivers who:
- ______
- Tailgate
- Run ______
- ______in and out of traffic
- Vent ______or ______in the vehicle
- Factors that lead to aggressive driving/road rage:
- More ______
- More ______
- More ______
- More ______
- More ______
- More ______
- Three types of aggressive drivers:
- Quiet road rage
- Complaining
- ______
- ______
- ______
- Verbal road rage
- ______
- Cussing
- ______
- ______
- Insulting
- Epic road rage
- ______
- ______
- ______
- Fighting
- Shooting
- Signs of an aggressive driver:
- ______to pressure a driver to go ______or get out of the way
- ______to signal the driver to move out of the way
- ______in and out of ______
- ______
- Racing to beat a ______
- Behaving impatiently with slower drivers
- ______the horn or screaming
- ______
- Not coming to a complete stop at stop signs
- Making gestures
- Passing on ______or ______areas
- In “total aggression”:
- Constantly ______and ______other drivers to self or passengers
- Closing gap to ______entry into your lane
- Giving the ______to show your ______
- ______past another car or ______engine
- ______others from passing you
- ______to pressure a driver to go faster or get out of your way
- Fantasizing physical violence
- ______, ______through the window
- Making ______insulting gestures
- ______: a societal condition where motorists become violent in reaction to traffic disturbances or driver behavior
- If confronted by an aggressive driver:
- ______horn use
- ______block the ______
- Don’t ______
- Keep music at a reasonable level
- ______eye contact
- Try to get out of the way
- Put your pride in the backseat
- Ignore gestures and refuse to return them
- Five ways to prevent road rage:
- Don’t ______
- Don’t ______
- Don’t ______
- Swallow your pride
- Choose the road “LESS” traveled
- Driving is a cooperative venture: NOT a competitive sport!
- Remember that you cannot control traffic, only your reaction to it!