To avoid road rage, it is a good idea to:
- Allow extra time for your trip. ✓
- Begin your trip at the last possible moment.
- Avoid planning your trip in advance.
- Assume nothing will slow down your travel.
Answer: A. Allow extra time for your trip.
Allow extra time for your trip.
Why this is the answer
The Texas handbook's tips for avoiding road rage begin with planning your trip ahead and allowing spare time. It says extra time helps when your vehicle breaks down or when traffic is slowed by a crash, construction, or rush-hour congestion. Building in that cushion keeps a delay from turning into anger, which is the kind of irritation the handbook ties to aggressive driving. Starting late or skipping planning works against that advice.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. Begin your trip at the last possible moment. — Beginning your trip at the last possible moment removes the spare time the handbook recommends for breakdowns and traffic delays.
- C. Avoid planning your trip in advance. — Avoiding planning your trip in advance is the opposite of the handbook's first road-rage tip, which is to plan ahead.
- D. Assume nothing will slow down your travel. — Assuming nothing will slow your travel ignores the handbook's warning that breakdowns, crashes, construction, and rush-hour traffic can cause delays.
Remember it
Plan ahead and leave a time cushion, so a delay does not become a reason to get angry.
Official handbook: Texas Driver Handbook (DL-7), Chapter 14: Additional Safety Tips , p. 66