Aggressive Driving Overtakes the Streets and Highways

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) states that aggressive driving has become a serious problem. It’s more than just running people off the road or having some sort of altercation. Speeding, tailgating, erratically changing lanes, passing in a no-passing zone, are all examples of aggressive driving, and such behavior can increase the chances of accidents and fatalities.

According to the NHTSA, aggressive driving occurs when “an individual commits a combination of moving traffic offenses so as to endanger other persons or property” (http://www.nhtsa.gov/Aggressive). Reckless behavior, failing to yield or obey traffic signs and signals, driving on the shoulder, and not signaling are additional behaviors cited by the NHTSA as aggressive driving.

Promoting defensive or cautious driving within families, among employees, and to insured clients not only protects lives, but saves money lost in collision damages, cost of injury treatment and lost time and productivity from injuries and claim management.

At Berkley FinSecure, we encourage our partner agents and insured clients to talk often about the dangers of aggressive driving, and offer resources to help address it.

We have created an overview with checklists and links to other resources to help you and your clients understand the signs and consequences of aggressive driving. Click here to access the overview.

We also have a full library of other loss control topics that you can share with your Financial Institution clients. 

 

 

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