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Crime Prevention Unit Monthly Safety Tip

June 2012

Road Rage

Road Rage is a motorist's uncontrolled anger that is usually provoked by another motorist's irritating act and is expressed in aggressive or violent behavior

Avoiding Road Rage

·    Avoid cutting other drivers off in traffic.

·    Don’t tailgate – Allow at least a two-second space between your vehicle and the one ahead of you.

·    Signal several hundred feet before you change lanes or make a turn.

·    Avoid making any gestures or eye contact with another driver.

·    Be courteous in the use of high-beam headlights.

·    Don’t flash your lights or blow your horn as a signal of your desire to pass another vehicle.

·    Forget winning and allow yourself ample time for your trip.

·    Obey speed limits.

·    Drive in the right or middle lane; pass on the left.

·    Stop at stop signs and red lights; don’t run yellow lights.

·    Don’t block intersections.

·    Respect pedestrian right-of-way in crosswalks.

·    Put yourself in the other driver’s shoes.  Don’t take other driver’s actions personally.

·    If someone follows you after an on-the-road encounter, drive to a public place or to the nearest police station.

      ·    Report any aggressive driving incidents to the police immediately.

Sergeant L. J. Smith

New Orleans Police Department

Commander, Crime Prevention Unit

715 S. Broad Avenue, 4^th Floor

New Orleans, LA 70119

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