Aggressive driving can lead to holiday Chicago car accidents
Aggressive driving is a dangerous behavior that puts motorists at risk across the United States. All too often when you drive on a roadway you become a victim, a witness, or the offender of an aggressive driving incident. Not immune to it, Chicago traffic accidents occur all the time due to aggressive driving behaviors.
Our Chicago injury lawyers urge motorists to use extra caution while traveling this holiday season. Exercise patients, allow plenty of time and take weather conditions and traffic into consideration when planning your trip.
Everyone is required by law to take lessons and pass a driver’s test prior to acquiring a driver’s license. Most of us do this at the time we become of legal age to drive (16 or 17), while other’s wait until it becomes necessary for them to drive. No matter what the age or the circumstance, you aren’t taught to drive aggressively. Yet, it seems over time that bad tendencies evolve and drivers pick up bad habits that put themselves and others in danger.
Though the research is somewhat dated AAA Foundation found back in 1996 that at a minimum, there are an average of 1,500 injuries or deaths that occur each year due to aggressive driving. They also found no exact profile to account for the type of person that might be involved.
Though not residents of Illinois, there were two truckers from Wisconsin involved in a road rage fatality back in January while driving North of Chicago on Edens Expressway. The Chicago News Center reports Seddon was convicted after being found guilty of quarreling and then stabbing another trucker along side of the road. The two had been arguing over their radios, which lead to following too close and cutting each other off on the road. This behavior escalated and resulted in fatality once the drivers confronted each other.
The following are some safety tips to remember if you want to avoid road rage:
-Don’t antagonize other drivers by following too closely or changing lanes too swiftly.
-Don’t lay on your horn in an effort to get the vehicle in front of you to move when sitting an intersection.
-If possible, have someone drive you home after a stressful and emotionally draining day.
-Instead of reacting to other aggressive drivers, take a deep breath or pull off to the side of the road until you are calm.
If you find you or your loved one need an experienced personal injury attorney, contact VanPopering Law Offices representing Illinois and Michigan for a free consultation. Available 24 hours a day, call them at 1-800-767-4878.
