aggressive driving prevention
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Aggressive Driving Prevention
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Highway Safety Picture
Decrease in fatalities from 51K in 1966 to 42K in 1996
Alcohol involvement dropped from 57% to 41%
Seat belt use up from 11% in 1982 to 68% in 1996
3 Million injuries in reported accidents during 1996
Cost the Nation 151 billion a year.
Estimate that 1/3 of accidents and 2/3 of fatalities are attributable to aggressive driving
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Aggressive Driving
“Driving behavior that endangers or is likely to endanger people or
property”
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
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Aggressive drivers are more likely to:
• Speed, tailgate, fail to yield, weave, pass on right, make improper lane changes, run stop signs and red lights, make hand and facial gestures, scream, honk, and flash their lights.
• Allow high frustration levels to diminish concern for fellow drivers
• Drive impaired, drive unbelted or take other unsafe actions
Aggressive Driving
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What Causes Aggressive Driving?
Lack of responsible driving behavior
Reduced level of traffic enforcement
Increased congestion and travel
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
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Countermeasures
Education
Enforcement
Engineering and Operations
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
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Aggressive Driving and Mental Health
Aggressive driving is driving under the influence of impaired emotions
Categories of Impaired Emotions
1. Impatience and Inattentiveness
2. Power Struggle
3. Recklessness and Road Rage
Dr. Leon James, University of Hawaii
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Impatience and Inattentiveness
Driving through red lights
Speeding up to yellow lights
Rolling stops
Cutting corners
Blocking intersection
Not yielding
Improper lane change
Driving 5 to 15 mph above limit
Following too close
Not signaling
Taking too long
Category 1
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Power Struggle
Blocking passing lane, refusing to move over
Threatening or insulting
Tailgating to punish or coerce
Cutting off in a duel
Braking suddenly to retaliate
Category 2
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Recklessness and Road Rage
Driving drunk
Pointing a gun or shooting
Assaulting with the car or battering object
Driving at very high speeds
Category 3
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A-B-C Theory of Emotional Arousal
A B CEvent Beliefs Emotions/BehaviorsSomebody cuts you off in traffic Inconsiderate Annoyance
He’s a jerk Angry, Rage He should be Vengeful Acts taught a lesson
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Keys to Controlling Your Emotions
Recognize that your thoughts control your emotion
Accepting that you have a choice Controlling your emotion by controlling
your thinking.
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Hot Thoughts
Labeling– “That jerk”– “That Idiot”
Mind-reading– “She did it on purpose”– “He’s trying to give me a hard time”
Fortune Telling– “She will never change”
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Hot Thoughts
Labeling
Mind-reading
Fortune Telling
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Hot Thoughts
Awfulizing – “It’s driving me crazy”– “I can’t stand it”
Should Statements– “He shouldn’t act like that”– “She can’t get away with that”
Vengeance– “I’d like to wring her neck– “I’ll show him”
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Hot Thoughts
Catastrophizing
Should Statements
Vengeance
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A-B-C Theory of Emotional Arousal
A B Event Pause
Choose
Control Thinking C Emotion And Behavior
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Control your anger by controlling your thinking
Listen to your Self-Talk; Identify the hot, self angering thoughts; and substitute cooler, more rational self
statements.
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Cool Thoughts
Labeling– Not: “That jerk”– But: “I don’t like what he just did”
Mind-reading– Not: “She did it on purpose”– But: “I can’t read her mind, so I don’t know why she
did it”
Fortune Telling– Not: “She will never change”– But: “I can work on my part and hope for the best”
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Cool Thoughts
Labeling
Mind-reading
Fortune Telling
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Cool Thoughts
Awfulizing – Not: “It’s driving me crazy”– But: “It’s inconvenient, but it’s not the end of the
world” Should Statements
– Not: “He shouldn’t act like that”– But: “It would be nice if he didn’t act like that”
Vengeance– Not: “I’d like to wring her neck– But: Remember that vengeance usually invites
retaliation and invites conflict
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Cool Thoughts
Awfulizing
Should Statements
Vengeance
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What can the Safety Officer do to combat aggressive driving?
Education:
Ensure your drivers training program includes:
Aggressive driving awareness
Anger Management Class (emotional intelligence skills)
Command emphasis on safe driving