You can avoid aggression from other drivers by
- keeping generous following distances and giving the right of way ✓
- always taking your right of way
- driving fast and giving the right of way
- driving slowly
Answer: A. keeping generous following distances and giving the right of way
You can avoid aggression from other drivers by keeping generous following distances and giving the right of way.
Why this is the answer
The handbook's list of ways to keep other drivers from getting frustrated or angry includes keeping a generous following distance and giving the right-of-way, along with following the rules, signalling, and moving over for merging traffic. When another driver is already aggressive, the same handbook advice is to respond with good manners, give that driver plenty of room and the right-of-way, and not to return the aggression. Both lists point the same way, which is why the patient, yielding approach is the right one.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. always taking your right of way — Insisting on your right-of-way every time is the opposite of the handbook's advice to give the right-of-way and give an aggressive driver plenty of room.
- C. driving fast and giving the right of way — Speed is not one of the listed prevention strategies, and the handbook never suggests driving fast as a way to calm other drivers down.
- D. driving slowly — Driving slowly on its own is not on the handbook's list of ways to prevent frustration, and the list focuses on spacing and yielding rather than speed.
Remember it
Think of space plus yielding: leave room ahead, and let the other driver go first.