Do you show signs of aggressive driving behavior?

Aggressive driving encompasses a range of behaviors and dangerous violations such as speeding, tailgating, driving erratically, and more. Causes of aggressive driving are unique to the individual but they can involve mindset, situational factors like heavy traffic, failure to plan, and more.

For example, you might be short on time to get to your destination, so you speed to avoid being late. However, speeding can lead to losing control of your vehicle or being less able to safely respond to road hazards, raising the risk of injury to you and those around you.

Or perhaps you follow cars in front of you too closely and weave around traffic when it's not moving fast enough. Regardless of other drivers' behavior, driving erratically makes it harder for you and everyone around you to stay safe.

What are the consequences of aggressive driving behavior?

If you engage in aggressive driving behaviors, these are just some of the potential consequences:

• Moving violations: If a police officer catches you driving over the speed limit, tailgating, weaving in and out of traffic, or driving erratically, they might give you a ticket.
• Accidents: Aggressive driving behaviors increase your risk of being involved in an accident.
• Road rage: Aggressive driving and road rage are closely related. Road rage can eventually escalate to intentionally causing harm to someone on the road. Learn how to prevent road rage.
• Increased insurance premiums: Road rage incidents that result in a ticket or accident can affect your car insurance premium like any other citation or collision. If you rack up enough of them, your insurer may drop you altogether.