Aggressive Driving Emphasis

Challenge

Aggressive driving is often caused by factors such as stress, frustration, and a sense of anonymity behind the wheel, or a lack of effective response skills to stimuli. These factors can all contribute to behaviors such as speeding, tailgating, weaving through lanes, failure to yield, or running red lights or stop signs.


Direction

Eliminate aggressive driving-related crashes and fatalities.

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ACTIONS
Safer Road Users
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Education

  • Educate novice and experienced drivers about the dangers of aggressive driving and effective methods to respond to others’ behaviors.
  • Support programs at high schools, businesses, community outreach events that counter aggressive driving.
  • Develop and implement educational campaigns to educate drivers on the road rage laws and the consequences of reactive and aggressive behaviors.
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Enforcement

  • Support aggressive driving mitigation programs.
  • Conduct aggressive driving enforcement campaigns to enforce Utah’s newly implemented Road Rage Law.
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Emergency Response

  • Increase involvement of emergency medical service providers in programs and community events that address aggressive driving.
Safer Roads
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Engineering

  • Identify and target trends and locations of aggressive driving to implement speed management approaches in conjunction with increased education and enforcement. Improve signal coordination to produce efficient and increased traffic flow on roadway corridors.

Leaders

  • Utah Department of Public Safety:
    • Utah Highway Patrol
    • Highway Safety Office
    • Bureau of EMS
  • Utah Department of Transportation
  • Local Law Enforcement Agencies
  • Zero Fatalities

Resources