6.4- Dangerous Emotions (Driving)

What is one effective way to avoid escalating a driving conflict with another motorist?

• Speed up to get away from them

• Make eye contact and gesture to show disapproval

• Pull over so that you can argue safely

• Avoid responding and focus on your own driving

How can hearing help you drive safely?

• It lets you talk on the phone while driving.

• It helps you hear important sounds like sirens, horns, and screeching tires.

• It allows you to listen to music to stay calm.

• It helps you follow GPS directions more clearly.

Which of the following best explains why driving can be an emotional trigger for us?

• It gives us a chance to relax and zone out.

• It reminds us of family road trips from our childhood

• We often encounter objects that interfere with our goal of reaching our destination

• Driving is boring and repetitive and our brains create new problems for us when we zone out

Which of the following is an example of aggressive driving?

• Yielding to a merging car

• Honking unnecessarily and tailgating another driver

• Driving under the speed limit

• Letting a pedestrian cross

Which of the following is a driving behavior that tends to upset other motorists?

• Using your turn signal before changing lanes

• Driving at a steady speed in the left lane

• Using a four-second following distance

• Allowing others to merge in heavy traffic