There are many instances that instigate anger in the minds of drivers of Dubai cars while on road. This can be reckless driving of another driver on the same road, a great deal of traffic congestion and bad roads among others. A professional driver is expected to keep calm to avoid any anger issues that can affect the people on board and other people using the road. Angered drivers are liable to cause accidents due to the anger clouding their sense of judgment and proper reasoning hence acting out of anger.
Anger behind the wheel can be divided into road rage and aggressive driving. Aggressive driving is driving in the way that is unsafe for others on the road while rage driving is where actual anger and intention to harm or anger someone else on the road which can be through verbal abuse, yelling in addition to screaming at people. Rage driving can even escalate to a point where one follows another car with an aim of hurting someone.
Here are some of the tips one can use to control road rage while driving in the UAE:
1. Playing music or singing to the music is advisable since it greatly relaxes the emotions that cause anger. This is very easy to do because most of the cars on the car market come with music systems fitted into them.
2. Simply admitting that it was a horrible thing to do to another driver helps one acknowledge what happened and his/her feelings of frustration which will help get anger out. This helps in acknowledging fault of the driver making him/her think-twice before doing anything out of anger.
3. It’s also important to remember that people in other cars are also human who can make mistakes. A driver should understand cases of emergency that may include some people have a genuine emergency like medical emergency where they ought to be given a right of way.
4. A driver is advised to leave more time to get to destinations. This is aimed at avoiding situations like traffic congestion that may affect the time punctuality in case of a meeting, this may cause road rage.
Some new luxury cars on the Dubai car market come with extra modifications that increase comfort of the driver which also helps in relaxing and keeping the emotions of the driver in a check.
