A 3-minute lesson from the Louisiana course. Read the rules and examples, follow the handbook page references, and check your understanding before you move on.
Anger, worry and stress make you impulsive and accident prone. Aggressive driving can escalate into road rage, which is a crime. Your goal is to stay calm and get away from trouble, not to win.
Know the rule
If you are worried, nervous, angry, frustrated or depressed, let someone else drive. Even mild emotions can affect your driving.
A traffic offense or combination of offenses: following too closely, speeding, unsafe lane changes, not signaling, and other negligent or inconsiderate driving.
If an aggressive driver keeps it up, don't stop to settle it at the roadside and don't drive home. Go to a police station or a public place with witnesses.
A driver has tailgated and honked at you for miles and now follows you as you turn toward your neighborhood. Don't drive home. Head to a police station or a busy public place where there are witnesses.
Check your understanding
Read the question, decide on an answer, then open it to check the explanation. These are Roadwise study questions based on the source handbook.
An aggressive driver keeps following you. Where should you go?
To the shoulder to confront the driver
To a police station or busy public place
Straight to your home
To a quiet side street to talk it out
Answer: To a police station or busy public place
Don't stop on the roadside and don't drive home; drive to a police station or a public place with witnesses.