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    Aggressive Driving Should Be Avoided (An Argumentative Essay Example)

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    Aggressive driving behaviors like speeding, tailgating, running red lights and stop signs often lead to crashes, injuries, and fatalities according to traffic safety organizations. National statistics show 78-100% of crashes resulted from aggressive actions like speeding or improper passing. Certain aggressive behaviors like running red lights or stop signs contribute most to injuries. Overtaking on the left is the top factor in traffic fatalities. With more vehicles on the road, aggressive driving has become a serious public safety issue that should be avoided.

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    Aggressive Driving Should Be Avoided (An Argumentative Essay Example)

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    Aggressive driving behaviors like speeding, tailgating, running red lights and stop signs often lead to crashes, injuries, and fatalities according to traffic safety organizations. National statistics show 78-100% of crashes resulted from aggressive actions like speeding or improper passing. Certain aggressive behaviors like running red lights or stop signs contribute most to injuries. Overtaking on the left is the top factor in traffic fatalities. With more vehicles on the road, aggressive driving has become a serious public safety issue that should be avoided.

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    Aggressive driving behaviors like speeding, tailgating, running red lights and stop signs often lead to crashes, injuries, and fatalities according to traffic safety organizations. National statistics show 78-100% of crashes resulted from aggressive actions like speeding or improper passing. Certain aggressive behaviors like running red lights or stop signs contribute most to injuries. Overtaking on the left is the top factor in traffic fatalities. With more vehicles on the road, aggressive driving has become a serious public safety issue that should be avoided.

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    Aggressive Driving Should Be Avoided (An Argumentative Essay Example)

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    Aggressive driving behaviors like speeding, tailgating, running red lights and stop signs often lead to crashes, injuries, and fatalities according to traffic safety organizations. National statistics show 78-100% of crashes resulted from aggressive actions like speeding or improper passing. Certain aggressive behaviors like running red lights or stop signs contribute most to injuries. Overtaking on the left is the top factor in traffic fatalities. With more vehicles on the road, aggressive driving has become a serious public safety issue that should be avoided.

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    Aggressive Driving Should be Avoided

    (An Argumentative Essay Example)

    Aggressive driving is a phenomenon, which has only recently got the public worried. The National
    Highway Traffic Safety Council (NHTSC) defines aggressive driving as “the operation of a motor vehicle in
    a manner that endangers or is likely to endanger persons or property”. Actions such as running red
    lights, improper passing, overtaking on the left, improper lane change, failing to yield, improper turns,
    running stop signs, tailgating, careless driving and speeding are examples of aggressive driving. Such
    actions are dangerous to other road users. Aggressive driving should be avoided because it causes

    crashes, injuries and fatalities.

    The first reason why aggressive driving should be avoided is it causes crashes. According to NHTSC
    between 78 percent (excessive speed) and 100 percent (improper passing) of the cases of aggressive
    driving resulted in traffic crashes and 96 percent of the drivers cited for “following too closely” or
    tailgating caused crashes as a result of their aggressive driving. Moreover, “running red light”,
    “improper passing”, and “overtaking on the left” topped other categories of aggressive driving in
    contributing to traffic crashes.

    Another reason why aggressive driving should be avoided is it causes injuries. NHTSC states that the
    percentages of the injuries caused by aggressive driving are, in almost all categories of aggressive
    driving, above 100 percent. Furthermore, the Department of Highway Safety (DHS) reports that this is
    due to the fact that each motor vehicle crash accounts for one or more injuries. It was found that of the
    ten categories of aggressive driving, “running red light”, “failing to yield”, and “running stop signs” are
    the most serious factors contributing to injuries.

    Yet another reason why aggressive driving should be avoided is it causes fatalities. ” Overtaking on the
    left” appears to be the most important contributing factor in traffic fatalities as it relates to aggressive
    driving. “Improper lane change”, “running stop sign” and “running red light” rank second

    through four in terms of their contribution to traffic fatalities (DHS, 2008).

    The above evidence shows that aggressive driving causes crashes, injuries and fatalities. Hence,
    aggressive driving should be avoided. Since the opening of the North-South Highway, the number of
    kilometers of roads in the country has increased by one percent while the number of vehicle miles
    driven has increased by 35 percent. More cars and more drivers are also on the road, leading to more
    aggressive drivers.

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