How to prevent road rage when your blood boils? Just shrug it off

Steve Marcus A pair of trucks pass illegally on the proper shoulder as race fans jam Interstate 15 close to Lamb Boulevard as they head to the CarsDirect.com NASCAR race at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway Sunday, March five, 2000. This photo was taken at 10:45... How to prevent road rage when your blood boils? Just shrug it off Steve Marcus A pair of trucks pass illegally on the proper shoulder as race fans jam Interstate 15 close to Lamb Boulevard as they head to the CarsDirect.com NASCAR race at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway Sunday, March five, 2000. This photo was taken at 10:45 a.m., just 45 minutes from the scheduled start out time. ​In the wake of a road rage incident that left a Las Vegas mother dead and created national headlines, Metro Police is supplying tips to enable drivers who feel threatened by other motorists. Tammy Meyers, 44, was shot in the head outdoors her household in a cul-de-sac close to Alta and Buffalo drives shortly just before midnight Thursday right after confrontations that began when she was giving her 15-year-old daughter an after-hours driving lesson and the girl honked at a driver she felt was speeding, police said. Capt. Christopher Tomaino stated that when encountering an aggressive driver, as may well be the case in the Meyers tragedy, it is greater not to engage him, which can escalate the circumstance. If somebody cuts you off or tailgates, he mentioned, accountable drivers will recognize these actions as "typical, national phenomenon," specifically in a huge metropolitan area with thousands of people on the roads every day. The primary difficulty with road rage incidents is a lack of manners and respect on drivers' parts, Tomaino stated in a news conference Wednesday. If you take place to really feel slighted or disrespected by a driver's actions, a simple shoulder shrug can diffuse the situation. If you can see the other driver growing angrier, flipping you off, cursing or yelling, Tomaino says to stare straight ahead, and if the driver continues to follow you, call 911 and drive to a police station. Road rage can lead to automobile accidents. Even if not injured, Metro will respond to accidents in which a driver may well really feel threatened or endangered by the driver at fault, Tomaino stated. When men and women are behind the wheel, they say and do factors they generally wouldn't do in particular person, Tomaino stated. "It boils down to manners … whether persons treat every other with respect on the roadway," he stated. Metro does not preserve statistics on accidents involving road rage, as it is a pop culture, not legal, term Tomaino mentioned. The Linked Press contributed to this report. Our editors found this article on this site using Google and regenerated it for our readers.