Dealing+With+Road+Rage

= Dealing With Road Rage =

= Why Is It A Problem? = Road rage is a serious problem because it can lead to one or more drivers being seriously hurt. An angered driver can do such things as beeping the horn, pursuing your vehicle, or even physically assaulting you. Other serious things that can happen are: = Why Does It Happen? = Teens with parents that experience road rage are getting the impression that it's okay to get angry behind the wheel. Also, brain development and hormones can help determine how teens will react to emotional stimulation. According to Suite101, video games can play a role in teen road rage and fatalities. = Statistics = = Who Does It Affect? = Road rage affects 70% of drivers, adults and teens alike experience road rage, according to the Institute of Advanced Motorists. 67% of 18-24 year-olds are aggressive drivers as opposed to 30% of driver that are 65 or older. This shows that road rage is more likely to occur in the younger generation. = Who Is At Risk? = Teens with parents that experience road rage are especially likely to have road rage once they begin driving. Also teens that are usually short-tempered are more likely to experience road rage. = Coping Skills = = Need Help? = = Solutions For Teens = = Solutions For Parents = = Solutions For Schools =
 * Getting cut off/forced off of the road
 * Verbal abuse
 * Car being forced off of the road or being intentionally damaged.
 * According to the American Automobile Association, teen drivers are involved in 14% of fatal crashes, but only account for 7% of the driving population.
 * A poll by the Institute of Advanced Motorists states that about 70% of drivers admit that they experience road rage.
 * The same poll shows that 28% of drivers tailgate other drivers and 15% of drivers hog the middle lane.
 * There had been a 51% increase in aggresive driving incidents since 1990 according to the NHTSA.
 * Pick out some calming music.
 * Remeber that other drivers are not evil.
 * If you get too angry pull over and listen to music.
 * Go to [|www.teendriving.com], a website specially designed to help teen drivers.
 * Take a course in defensive driving.
 * See a professional about anger issues.
 * Try not to run late.
 * Don't look at aggressive others and don't respond with certain gestures.
 * Make a 'Sorry' sign and use it when you make a mistake.
 * If someone is following you, head to the nearest police station.
 * Take away the keys
 * Discuss attitude changes that will be made before the keys are given back
 * Ride with the teen
 * If necesarry seek professional help
 * Ask people to report outbursts
 * Don't think that it is just a phase
 * Offer Drivers-Ed and Defensive Driving Courses.
 * Since Peer Pressure can tie into Road Rage, because teens will show off for their friends, educate teens about peer pressure.

= Romeo and Juliet Quotes =

Tybalt://"What, drawn and talk of peace? I hate the word as I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee? Have at thee, coward!"// -Romeo and Juliet, 1.1.66-68 This quote is relevant to road rage because it shows that one person is unwilling to let things go. This can happen when it comes to road rage.

Mercutio://"That's as much as to say, such a case as yours constrains a man to bow in the hams."// Romeo://"Meaning, to curtsy."// Mercutio://"Thou hast most kindly hit it"// Romeo://"A most courteous exposition."// Mercutio://"Nay, I am the very pink of courtesy."// Romeo://"Pink for flower."// Mercutio://"Right."// Romeo://"Why, then is my pump well-flowered."// Mercutio://"Sure wit, follow me this jest now till thou has worn out thy pump, that, when the single sole of it is worn, the jest may remain, after the wearing, soley singular."// Romeo://"O single-soled jest, soley singular for the singleness!"// //............................................................................................// Mercutio://"Nay, if our wits run the wild-goose chase, I am done; for thou hast more of the wild gooes in one of thy wits than, I am sure, I have in my whole five. Was I with you there for the goose?"// Romeo://"Thou wast never with me for anything when thou wast not there for the goose."// Mercutio://"I will bite thee by the ear for that jest."// Romeo://"Nay, good goose, bite not!"// Mercutio://"Thy wit is a very bitter sweeting; it is a most sharp sauce."// Romeo://"And is it now, then, well served into a sweet goose?"// Mercutio://"O, here'a wit of cheveril, that stretches from an inch narrow to an ell broad."// Romeo://"I stretch it out for that word 'broad', which added to the goose, proves thee far and wide as a broad goose."// Mercutio://"Why, is not it better now than groaning for love? Now art thou sociable, now art thou Romeo; now art thou what thou art, by art as well as by nature. For this driveling love is like a great natural that runs lolling up and down to hide his bauble in a hole."// -Romeo and Juliet, 2.4.52-65,68-87 = Sources =
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