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Road Rage
Tips
for motorists to be alert for potentially dangerous or competitive
situations and how to avoid them
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Here are 20 tips for "Road
Rage Avoidance"
- TIP #1
Don’t take your eyes off the road.
- TIP #2
Avoid eye contact with an aggressive
driver
- TIP #3
Stay cool - don’t react to
provocation
- TIP #4
Keep away from drivers behaving
erratically.
- TIP #5
Don't not make obscene gestures.
- TIP #6
Use your horn sparingly
- TIP #7
Don’t block the passing lane.
- TIP #8
Do not switch lanes without signaling.
- TIP #9
Avoid blocking the right-hand turn
lane.
- TIP #10
Do not take more than one parking
space.
- TIP #11
If you are not disabled, don’t park
in a disabled space.
- TIP #12
Do not allow your door to hit the car
parked next to you.
- TIP #13
Do not tailgate.
- TIP #14
If you travel slowly, pull over and
allow traffic to pass.
- TIP #15
Avoid unnecessary use of high beam
headlights.
- TIP #16
Don’t let the car phone distract
you.
- TIP #17
Don’t stop in the road to talk with
a pedestrian or other driver.
- TIP #18
Don’t inflict loud music on
neighboring cars.
- TIP #19
Assume other driver’s mistakes are
not personal.
- TIP #20
Be polite and courteous, even if the other driver isn’t.
Avoid all conflict if possible. If another driver challenges
you, take a deep breath and get out of the way. If he
follows you, call 911 on your cellular phone, or drive to the
nearest police station.
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Finally,
if you are tempted to drive irrationally, ask yourself “Is it worth
being killed? Is it worth going to jail?”
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