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What is Road Rage?
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Top News Headlines
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Statistics
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Are You a Face of Road Rage?
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Ways You Can Get Arrested
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Forsee Using the Four Cs
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Causes
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We are a social change organization against road rage fueled for young drivers. We team up with school systems to spread one unifying mission, to cultivate safe driving and a peaceful mind on the road.
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An incident in which an angry or impatient motorist or passenger intentionally injures or kills another motorist,
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passenger, or pedestrian, or attempts to injure or kill another motorist, passenger, or pedestrian, in response to a traffic dispute, altercation, or grievance. 1
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Cars are like a “second home,�an extention of oneself. In this protected environment, people sleep and eat. However, any threats that occur can be territorial. These threats can escalate quickly into vengeful driving and may endanger their lives and others. 2
YIKES!
What happens when someone enters your mobile bubble? 5
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Lilly Garcia, a 4-year-old girl was shot dead in Albuquerque, New Mexico by an armed driver. 3
April 10th
Will Smith, 34, a beloved player who won a Super Bowl with the New Orleans Saints, was fatally shot following an arguent after his car was rear-ended. 4
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May 8th
Man stabbed after road rage incident in WA. 5
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Top News Headlines this Year
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Try it for yourself. Keep engaged in your local news platforms. Look up road rage under news headlines for shocking results.
"...the problem of road rage is clear cut and on the rise." 4 John Bacon USA TODAY
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DATA
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Shocking Accounts
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration data, based on police reports, show road rage or aggressive driving were reported as factors in 375 fatal crashes that resulted in 418 deaths in 2014, the latest year statistics were available. In 2009, road rage or aggressive driving was reported as a contributing factor in 196 fatal crashes, causing 235 fatalities. 4
Only 44% of teens said they would definitely speak up if someone were driving in a way that scared them. 6 1 in 5 of 16-year-old drivers has an accident within their first year of driving. 7 Crash risk for teens increase incrementally with each mile per hour over the speed limit. 8 16-year-olds have higher crash rates than drivers of any other age. 9
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HIGH PROFILE
Are YOU a face of road rage? Do you engage in rage?
FASTER RATE OF ANGER
Often seen to speed ten to twenty miles over the speed limit whether it be rapidly switching lanes, tailgating or entering an intersection when the light is red.10
Behaviors of a high-anger driver include swearing or name calling, driving while angry or yelling at the driver. You are also seen more likely to get into a car angry leading to impulsive decisions on the road.
ENGAGE IN HOSILE THOUGHTS
HAVE MORE ACCIDENTS
People who have more collisions, report more nearaccidents and receive more speeding tickets are potential aggressive drivers.
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You’re seen to be more prone to judgmental and disbelieving thoughts regarding other drivers.
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TAKE MORE RISKS
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ASSAULT
Often a weapon will be involved-typically whatever is within reach such as pepper spray, baseball bats and guns.11 HARRASSMENT This behavior can be considered illegal harassment depending on how far your gesturing and shouting evolves.
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ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON
You’re driving a deadly weapon. Suspects can get charged when they try to run down a person or ram their car into the others persons vehicle. Keep bumper cars at the fair.
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Forsee Using the Four Cs
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Directions to get you en route
CALIBRATE Evaluate the situation. You might be at fault. Remember they are human too. Road ragers don’t see the offender as a person. Has any driver that cut you off looked back to apologize after you honked and flipped them off? Has losing your temper at another driver ever made you any less late in getting to class? No. Ignore the raging
driver. Avoid driving slow in passing lanes on the left-hand side of the road. If you allow for extra driving time you’ll be less likely speeding to get to your next destination.
COOL!
CHILL Things are not as they should be so the need to be anxious may with you. Don’t let anyone steal your peace.
Convince yourself to forgive, let go in order to get to your destination.12
CHUCKLE Use humor to deflect the rage. Smile back at them. “Immediately make loud funny noises or wailing, or if you prefer, burst out singing in a loud voice,” says Dr. Leon James, professor of Psychology at the University of Hawaii.
Think gracious thoughts, like honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing for the body. Tune in soothing music. The last thing you want is a bass that beats to the rhythm of your heartbeat. Avoid eye contact with the other driver. Just think, they’re not worth your beautiful gaze. Another option is spraying aromatherapy in front of you to be your own personal road rage reducer. Place pictures of family members or loved ones in plain site. Take in deep breaths and keep your focus on the road. Your destination and destiny await.
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“The heavy metal of a car is a safe haven. Road ragers don’t think about the consequences or even about other people on the road as real people with real families.”
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CONSIDER Ava Cadell, PhD, psychologist and instructor at the Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Sexuality in San Francisco, agrees.
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Kirchner, Lauren. “The Psychology and Biology of Road Rage.” 28. Jan. 2014. Pacific Standard. Web. 26 Mar. 2016.
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ALMAGUER23, Miguel. “Parents of Girl Killed in Road Rage Shooting: ‘She Was Just a Beautiful Soul’” NBC News. NBCUniversal, 23 Oct. 2016. Web. 26 Oct. 2016.
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Bacon, John. “Ex-NFL Player’s Death Turns Spotlight on Road Rage.” USA Today. Gannett Satellite Information Network, LLC, 11 Apr. 2016. Web. 15 Apr. 2016.
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Helsel, Phil. “Man Stabbed after Road Rage Incident at Salmon Hot Spot Woodman Point.” WA Today. NBCUniversal, 08 May 2016. Web. 08 May 2016.
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Allstate. “Teen Driving Facts.” Lovering Family Foundation. Accessed April 9, 2014.
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“Teen Driving Statistics.” GEICO. Accessed April 14, 2014.
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“Teen Driving Facts and Stats.” State Farm Teen Driver Safety.Accessed April 14, 2014.
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Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin. “Facts.” Cross Roads. Accessed April 9, 2014.
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Dittmann, Melissa. “Anger on the Road.” American Psychological Association 36.No.6. June 2005: 1-2. Web. 26 Mar. 2016.
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Lu, Andrew. “3 Ways Road Rage Can Get You Arrested.” (2012). FindLaw Blotter. Web. 26 Mar. 2016.
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Albrecht, Steve. “The Psychology of Road Rage.” Psychology Today. 5 Jan. 2013. Web. 26 Mar. 2016.
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Standing, Graeme. “The Psychology of Road Rage: A Discussion of Psychological Explanations of Road Rage and Policy Implications.” Feb. 2007:1-11. Web. 26 Mar. 2016.
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