Talk:Aggressive driving

Talk page for Aggressive Driving

Potential grammar error

The article originally said "Aggressive driving can lead to serious crimes, such as manslaughter or murder. An aggressive driver may drive so recklessly as to injure or kill another driver or himself."

I think this is a potential fallacy, as female drivers can be as dangerous as male drivers. I have therefore changed the article to say "Aggressive driving can lead to serious crimes, such as manslaughter or murder. An aggressive driver may drive so recklessly as to injure or kill another driver such as himself or herself."

I did not intend to cause offence or to stir up a sexist debate about driving. I simply feel that the article would be more complete if it was politically correct.

69.168.144.143 (talk) 14:41, 24 December 2011 (UTC)

Adelaide Driving

Add "Tailgating" to this list, and you could change the name of the Wikipedia Article to "Adelaide Driving" —Preceding unsigned comment added by Orismology (talk • contribs) 23:05, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

Intro wording

The leadin explains aggressive driving from a biased and incomplete perspective:

  in such a manner as to increase the risk of an automobile accident.

In reality, accidents are rarely the goal of aggressive drivers. In most cases, our goals are either to get somewhere faster, or to increase our enjoyment of the driving experience. The conflict occurs when people get in the way of that experience. That is to say, the aggression isn't there by default, and is in fact invoked (unintentionally or otherwise) by other drivers. I won't add this as I feel it qualifies as Original Research (speaking from a first-person perspective), but I feel it's worth mentioning. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tsilb (talk • contribs) 20:05, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

Move to NHTSA article?

From a scientific point of view, aggresive drivers do not necessarily tailgate or exceed the speed limits or make a lot of lane changes or even drive in a way to cause an accident. The definition provided is for dangerous drivers or fast drivers (not meaning to say that driving fast is bad but driving faster than the others probably is dangerous). Considering that the author provided only the NHTSA definition which is an organization in the USA and because all the references-links are for USA sites, I believe the article must either be changed completely, deleted or moved to the NHTSA article of wikipedia with appropriate changes if necessary. I suggest moving it as the simplest solution. Furthermore, smooth operator (references/links section) is a program concerning only a small number of USA citizens (Washington, D.C. area). It doesn't affect USA citizens as a whole or the rest of the world. This feels more like advertisement than source. The other References/Links are either broken (The Flicker Fusion Factor, Above Average Driver – public safety initiative) or connecting to an article in Wikipedia (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) which doesn't say anything about aggressive drivers. I suggest removing all of them since they are either biased or broken. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Faremal (talk • contribs) 14:47, 26 July 2011 (UTC)

For neutrality of point of view, you should provide an alternative definition, for instance:

In the UK, Road Drivers gives a common sense definition of aggressive driving:

Aggressive driving: The use of a motor vehicle in a deliberate and aggressive manner that is likely to endanger life by increasing the risk of a collision". This behavior is usually motivated by impatience, annoyance, hostility or an attempt to save time.

— Road Drivers

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