{"id":645,"date":"2023-09-26T11:00:19","date_gmt":"2023-09-26T15:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.calljed.com\/blog\/?p=645"},"modified":"2023-09-26T10:21:32","modified_gmt":"2023-09-26T14:21:32","slug":"how-to-handle-road-rage-a-defensive-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.calljed.com\/blog\/how-to-handle-road-rage-a-defensive-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Handle Road Rage: A Defensive Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-646\" src=\"https:\/\/www.calljed.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/How-to-Handle-Road-Rage-A-Defensive-Guide.jpg\" alt=\"How-to-Handle-Road-Rage-A-Defensive-Guide\" width=\"2545\" height=\"1800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.calljed.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/How-to-Handle-Road-Rage-A-Defensive-Guide.jpg 2545w, https:\/\/www.calljed.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/How-to-Handle-Road-Rage-A-Defensive-Guide-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.calljed.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/How-to-Handle-Road-Rage-A-Defensive-Guide-1024x724.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.calljed.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/How-to-Handle-Road-Rage-A-Defensive-Guide-768x543.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.calljed.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/How-to-Handle-Road-Rage-A-Defensive-Guide-1536x1086.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.calljed.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/How-to-Handle-Road-Rage-A-Defensive-Guide-2048x1448.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.calljed.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/How-to-Handle-Road-Rage-A-Defensive-Guide-1000x707.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.calljed.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/How-to-Handle-Road-Rage-A-Defensive-Guide-170x120.jpg 170w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2545px) 100vw, 2545px\" \/>Road rage refers to a driver&#8217;s intense anger, typically sparked by another&#8217;s provoking behavior and manifested through aggressive or violent actions. In recent years, road rage incidents have hit record highs throughout the United States. According to the American Automobile Association (AAA), experiencing aggressive driving has become all too common, with approximately 80 percent of motorists reporting at least one incident within the past month.<\/p>\n<p>Aggressive driving frequently escalates into all-out road rage, such as forcing other vehicles off the road, brake checking, or even ramming into others. It typically involves intimidation and attempts to damage cars or injure other drivers. Unfortunately, road rage accidents result in much more devastating injuries due to aggressiveness, high speeds, and violent impacts than other collisions. Over 30 victims&#8217; lives are senselessly taken in road rage-related incidents yearly.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why Do Drivers Experience Road Rage<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.calljed.com\/blog\/how-to-handle-road-rage-a-defensive-guide\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading How To Handle Road Rage: A Defensive Guide\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Road rage refers to a driver&#8217;s intense anger, typically sparked by another&#8217;s provoking behavior and manifested through aggressive or violent actions. In recent years, road rage incidents have hit record highs throughout the United States. According to the American Automobile Association (AAA), experiencing aggressive driving has become all too common, with approximately 80 percent of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,32,5,29,7],"tags":[11,18,9,10,25,34],"class_list":["post-645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-car-accident","category-motorcycle-accident","category-personal-injury","category-truck-accident","category-wrongful-death","tag-buffalo","tag-car-accident","tag-injury","tag-lawyer","tag-rochester","tag-truck-accident"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How To Handle Road Rage: A Defensive Guide &#8212; Buffalo Personal Injury Lawyer News &#8212; September 26, 2023<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Road rage refers to a driver&#039;s intense anger, typically sparked by another&#039;s provoking behavior and manifested through aggressive or violent actions. 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