What can you do to reduce road rage?
- Always signal your intention when changing lanes. ✓
- Talk on your cell phone while driving.
- Use your horn frequently.
Answer: A. Always signal your intention when changing lanes.
Signaling every time you change lanes helps reduce road rage by letting other drivers know what you plan to do.
Why this is the answer
The handbook says your signals, horn, and headlights are the tools you use to communicate with other drivers, pedestrians, and bicyclists, and it tells you to signal whenever you turn, change lanes, slow down, or stop. When the people around you can predict your next move, they are less likely to be surprised or annoyed by it. Signing your lane changes is a simple habit that keeps that communication going. The handbook does not use the term road rage, so this link is an inference from what it says about signaling.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. Talk on your cell phone while driving. — Talking on a cell phone takes your attention off the road, and nothing in the handbook presents phone use as a way to calm other drivers.
- C. Use your horn frequently. — The handbook lists the horn as a way to communicate, but it never suggests honking often, and frequent honking is not described as something that settles other drivers down.
Remember it
Signal first, move second — your turn signal tells everyone else what you are about to do before you do it.