Check your driving
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- April
- 21
Today’s Journal News/LoHud.com article about a 40-year-old man being charged by Clarkstown with assault in a suspected road rage incident got a little perspective with a report from USA Today.
According to research from the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, 78 percent of motorists in the United States say aggressive driving is a serious concern, but nearly half admit speeding on major highways in the past 30 days. They also said they have exceeded the speed limit on residential streets, honked at other drivers, tailgated and blown through yellow lights.
Serious stuff. USA Today reports that aggressive driving is a factor in 56 percent of fatal crashes, according to a AAA Foundation study of federal data of fatal crashes from 2003 through 2007, the most recent data available.
While it’s important to be alert and confident behind the wheel, there’s a big difference between assertive and aggressive driving. Know when it’s your turn at a four-way stop, and take it. But if someone jumps the order, is it really worth a fight?
More common (and easier to admit) are the sloppy driving habits most of us pick up after 30 or so years behind the wheel. Most of us have a bad driving habit. (I never tailgate, always use by turn signals and double-check over my shoulder before changing lanes, but I do have to watch the speedometer.) What’s yours?
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on Tuesday, April 21st, 2009 at 1:25 pm by Nancy Cutler.
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