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What’s the best advice you’ve been given to handle reckless drivers? My best approach is to just get out of their way. Don’t let someone dictate how you behave on the roads. Be in total self-control, avoid verbal engagement, eye contact and arm gestures. We don’t know what’s going on in someone’s life. Of course, this doesn’t excuse aggressive/road rage behavior but could help us understand where this behavior is coming from. Use the Safety Huddle below to identify, rationalize and move on from reckless drivers with your teams.
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July 23, 2024
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) launched an anti-speeding campaign in July, and throughout the country, many law enforcement agencies conducted high enforcement campaigns in their own jurisdictions. Nationally, speeding accounts for about 1/3 of all roadway fatalities, and early 2023 data attributes 39 fatal crashes to speed in Nebraska alone. According to the […]
June 27, 2024
June is National Safety Month, and the second week focuses on Roadway Safety. Of course, there’s no reason to confine safety to a single month, but here in Nebraska, particularly, it’s crucial to continue to prioritize roadway safety issues. Preliminary data for first quarter of 2024 from the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) shows […]
May 23, 2024
May is National Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month, and the cause couldn’t be more important. As we brought in the New Year, we not only said goodbye to 2023 but also to Nebraska’s motorcycle helmet law of over 30 years. There are still some requirements riders must meet before they can ride without a helmet, but the […]