{"id":139651,"date":"2016-12-28T06:02:00","date_gmt":"2016-12-28T04:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/139651\/control-your-road-rage\/"},"modified":"2016-12-28T21:49:36","modified_gmt":"2016-12-28T19:49:36","slug":"control-your-road-rage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2016\/12\/28\/control-your-road-rage\/","title":{"rendered":"Control your road rage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The festive season offers many Gauteng residents an opportunity to head away for a well-deserved break.<\/p>\n<p>During this time, aggressive driving is of major concern and a real threat to the safety of all road users.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>Any unsafe driving behaviour, performed deliberately and with ill intention or disregard for safety, can constitute aggressive driving.<\/p>\n<p>In extreme cases, that may escalate to road rage, which is a violent criminal act involving the intention to cause physical harm.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>The SAPS has a few tips on how to deal with aggressive drivers, plus some helpful hints to reduce your own stress while driving.<\/p>\n<p>They are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Protect yourself:<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>1. If you&#8217;re dealing with an aggressive driver, make sure your vehicle\u2019s doors are locked.<\/p>\n<p>2. If you&#8217;re stopped in the traffic, leave enough room to pull out from behind the car you&#8217;re following.<\/p>\n<p>3. If an aggressive driver confronts you, call 10111 or drive to the nearest police station &#8211; don&#8217;t address the situation yourself.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Don&#8217;t take it personally:<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>1. Be polite and courteous, even if the other driver isn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p>2. Avoid any conflict, if possible. If another driver challenges you, take a deep breath and move out of the way.<\/p>\n<p>3. Never underestimate the other driver&#8217;s capacity for causing harm.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Reduce your own stress:<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>1. Understand that you can&#8217;t control the traffic, only your reaction to it.<\/p>\n<p>2. In the end, you may find that personal frustration, anger and impatience are the real danger zones on the highway.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Be a courteous driver:<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can set a good example, which can help make our roads safer.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0Control your anger.<\/li>\n<li>Avoid making eye contact with an aggressive driver.<\/li>\n<li>Don&#8217;t make obscene gestures.<\/li>\n<li>Do not tailgate.<\/li>\n<li>Use your horn sparingly &#8211; even a polite honk can be misinterpreted.<\/li>\n<li>Don&#8217;t block passing vehicles.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Be sure to reach your holiday destination safely, by adhering to the rules of the road.<\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='694c2e2f0d899d56653dbd035bfafd8b'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The SAPS offer ways for motorists to deal with road rage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":140084,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[8297,1012,1003,1106,979,969,2730],"class_list":["post-139651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-community-2","tag-east-rand","tag-ekurhuleni","tag-gcn","tag-germiston","tag-germiston-city-news","tag-leigh-hodgson"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["community","East Rand","Ekurhuleni","GCN","germiston","germiston city news","Leigh Hodgson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139651","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1848"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139651"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139651\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/140084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}