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AAA Foundation
• Established in 1947
• 501(c)(3) Not-For-Profit
• Research affiliate of AAA/CAA
• North American Focus
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Mission
• Identify traffic safety problems
• Foster research that seeks solutions
• Disseminate information and
educational resources
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Funded through the generosity of
and its members
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The Situation
• Americans are concerned about aggressive driving and
its impact on traffic safety
• A 2005 telephone survey by ABC News and The
Washington Post found that out of a list of threats which
“most endanger your own safety on the road,” 32% of
respondents said aggressive drivers. This was the same
number of responses as for drunk drivers.
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The Situation (cont.)
• 2008 AAAFTS Traffic Safety Culture Index found
78% of those surveyed rated aggressive drivers as
a serious or extremely serious traffic safety
problem
• Despite those concerns, nearly half of people
admitted to speeding more than 15mph over the
limit on major highways in the previous 30 days
reflecting a “Do As I say, Not As I Do” attitude.
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Defining Aggressive Driving
• Tasca (2000) – “A driving behavior is aggressive if it is
deliberate, likley to increase the risk of collision and is
motivated by impatience, annoyance, hostility, and/or an
attempt to save time.”
• NHTSA – “When individuals commit a combination of
moving traffic offenses so as to endanger other persons
property”
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AAAFTS Definition of
Aggressive Driving
“Any unsafe driving behavior, performed
deliberately and with ill–intention or disregard
for safety, can constitute aggressive driving.”
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Our Analysis
• Analyzed NHTSA’s Fatality Analysis Reporting System
(FARS) database
• FARS provides detailed information from police reports
on all fatal crashes
• Analyzed the role of aggression by looking at each
crash’s contributing factors related to driver behavior
and performance
• Existing sources of data on crashes do not include
information about the intentions or motivations of the
driver so our estimate of the prevalence of aggressive
driving relied on drivers’ actions
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Potential Aggressive Driving Acts
(FARS List)
• Following improperly
• Illegal Lane Changes
• Illegal driving on road shoulder, ditch, sidewalk..etc
• Passing regardless of posted traffic signs and road
markings
• Operating vehicle in reckless manner
• Failure to yield or obey traffic signs, devices, or zone laws
• Failure to signal
• Driving too fast for conditions or above posted speed limit
• Racing
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Percent of fatal crashes involving possibly-
aggressive driver-level contributing factors, FARS
2003-2007
30.7%
11.4%
7.4%
6.6%
4.1%
1.7%
1.5%
1.4%
0.5%
0.3%
0.1%
0.1%
Speeding (over limit or too fast for conditions)
Failure to yield right of way
Reckless / Careless / Erratic Driving
Failure to obey traffic signs, traffic control devices, etc.
Making improper turn
Improper passing
Improper following
Improper or erratic lane changing
Illegal driving on shoulder, ditch, sidewalk, or median
Racing
Failure to observe warnings or instructions on vehicle
Failure to signal
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Key Points
• Surveys show people are concerned about aggressive driving
• 2008 AAAFTS study found 78% rated aggressive driving
as a serious or extremely serious problem
• As many as 56% of the fatal crashes involve one or more
unsafe driving behavior typically associated with aggressive
driving
• Speeding was a contributing factor in over 13,500 deaths in
2006
• AAAFTS 2008 Traffic Safety Culture Index found nearly
half of drivers reporting exceeding the speed limit by
15mph on major highways in the previous 30 days
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To view the full aggressive driving
report or press release, please visit
www.aaafoundation.org
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