How to Remain Calm During Road Rage
You may find yourself in the path of a road rager and before you realize it, the situation may be getting out of control. We will have a new, full, article coming out in a few days about road rage and defensive driving. In the meantime, below are few tips.
If something happens to make you believe that you could become the victim of another driver’s rage, here are a few things you can do to protect yourself:
. Remain in your car, and if approached on foot, roll up the windows
and lock the doors.
. Even if you’re just talking with a passenger, avoid making gestures
that another driver could interpret as hostile, rude, or otherwise negative.
. If you accidentally do something that annoys or upsets another
driver, make overly-exaggerated expressions of regret, hold hand in a prayer
gesture, mouth the word “sorry,” make a silly grimace, anything that
will send the message that you acknowledge an error. This works very well to
diffuse a situation.
