With drivers in Atlanta ranked as some of the most discourteous on the road, commutes can turn into disputes.
When weapons are involved, a misunderstanding on the roadway can turn dangerous, and in the Atlanta area’s traffic, we’ve seen it happen all too often.
“Do you want to go home tonight?”
Richard Taylor with Atlanta Anger Management is an expert on rage.
“Is it worth it to get engaged with a driver who you don’t know has a gun or not?” Taylor said. “Do you want to eat tonight? Do you want to go home tonight? That becomes the question.”
Taylor said as we’re driving around the seemingly never-ending cluster of cars Atlanta is famous for incidents that drivers don’t like happen every day.
Some of those drivers come to see Taylor in his office daily and he sees news reports of angry people on the roads.
“They snap,” he said. “They’re losing their conscious ability to be reasonable and they just focus on the one person… That’s the big debate we have in the nation is over access to guns.”
Taylor said stress and anger play major roles in the road rage situation, but if you add a weapon into the mix and it can become a criminal case.
Incidents all too common
A witness to a road rage in Coweta County said, from what she saw, a suspect who pointed a gun at a car used the weapon as a first instinct.
CBS46 News
“Pulling a firearm, in just about every case, should be an absolute last resort and it seems like it was this guy’s first resort” the witness said.
In another incident, a baby was shot in the foot in what police determined was a dispute on the road in DeKalb County.
In the case of the aforementioned Corvette driver, she reportedly gestured to the car behind her to go around, and the driver of the Mustang opened fire.
So what can you to avoid road rage situations? Professionals suggest NOT flashing your lights and avoiding any sort of reaction to other drivers, including hand gestures.
Getting out of your car should never be an option, experts say.
If you’re prone to getting angry, officials say it’s best not to carry your gun in the car.
AutoVantage Survey on Road Rage Identifies Atlanta as 2nd Least Courteous City in the US
Stamford, CT- May 12, 2014- When it comes to getting to and from work, a recent survey says Atlantans have it worse than citizens in just about any other city.
The 2014 In the Driver’s Seat Road Rage Survey identified Atlanta as having the second least courteous drivers across America’s largest cities. This represents an “increase” of two spots from the same survey in 2009.
Rankings were determined by measuring a wide array of driving actions that inhabitants admit to performing and acknowledge seeing, along with observations of their reactions to other drivers.
When compared to drivers in other cities,
Survey Participants in Atlanta are:
Most likely to admit purposely bumping another driver in reaction to perceived poor driving
Most likely to see another driver speeding
Most Likely to acknowledge tailgating someone else
2nd most likely to see other drivers eating or drinking while behind the wheel
While drivers in Atlanta were identified as among the least courteous, Portland, OR was identified as having the most courteous drivers.
The survey’s best and worst cities were:
Least Courteous
2014
2009
Houston
New York City
Atlanta
Dallas
Baltimore
Detroit
Washington DC
Atlanta
Boston
Minneapolis
Most Courteous
2014
2009
Portland
Portland
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
St. Louis
Baltimore
San Francisco
Sacramento
Charlotte
Pittsburgh
“AutoVantage aims to provide peace-of-mind for our members, with world class technology that ensures rapid assistance in our customers’ time of need,” said Rob DiPietro, GVP of Product Services for AutoVantage. “The survey prepares our members for the things that they may encounter when driving in a new city.”
The In the Driver’s Seat Road Rage Survey, commissioned by AutoVantage, the complete car and roadside assistance service, measured behavior, observations and attitudes related to “road rage” as reported in America’s 25 largest cities, and provides an update to previous research completed in 2009.
Other cities surveyed in 2014 include Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Los Angeles, Miami, Minneapolis, New York City, Orlando, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Antonio, San Diego, Seattle and Tampa Bay.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administrationdefines #roadrage as when a driver “commits moving traffic offenses so as to endanger other persons or property; an assault with a motor vehicle or other dangerous weapon by the operator or passenger of one motor vehicle on the operator or passengers of another motor vehicle”.
The NHTSA makes a clear distinction between road rage and aggressive driving, where road rageis a criminal charge and aggressive driving is a traffic offense. This definition places the blame on the driver.
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Atlanta Anger Management offers help for:
Road Rage is often called intermittent explosive disorder, a term used to refer to violent incidents resulting from stress caused by accidents or incidents on roadways. It is often a natural extension of aggressive driving.
Road Rage frustration and aggression are often triggered by traffic conditions, being in a hurry, stress related to other pressures. Road Rage is a feeling of retaliating of awlfulizing the other driver. The other driver deserves retribution. We make a free choice in what we do. We choose how we are going to respond.
∇ Are you experiencing aggressive driving in your attitude when behind the wheel?
∇ Find yourself driving erratically?
∇ Getting ‘worked up” driving?
∇ Find yourself saying not nice things called Expletives?
∇ Driving definitely causing you a lot of stress?
Used With Permission Pixabay.com johnhain
Road Rage:
Occurs when a driver reacts angrily to other drivers
You cut off another driver
Tailgating
Gesturing or waving fist.
Flip off someone
Aggressive driving
Excessive speeds
Scream at another
Chase another car
Honk continuously at another car
Make threatening gestures
Try to injure or kill another driver
Name what you do: _______________
Road Rage is an symptom of an underlying issue with a driver. Impulse Control is a major issue. They are unable to remain in control of themselves or their emotions. Often stress is very high in your life. Perhaps your personal or business life is not going very well. Your anger spreads beyond driving creeping into other aspects of your life.
Choose to Calm Down and disengage from your stress.
For drivers who do not experience Road Rage knowing what might trigger a person is equally important.
Do not “flip off” someone with your middle finger. They may have a pistol in hand waiting for an excuse. Some people may just not like your look. Your race. Your hair color.
DeKalb County District Attorney’s Office Honored for Anti-Recidivism Program
June 12, 2014
[Decatur, GA] The DeKalb County Board of Commissioners recently honored the DeKalb County District Attorney’s Office for creating a program dedicated to giving offenders ages 17 -25 a second chance. The Anti-Recidivism Court was created by District Attorney Robert James in December 2011. Since the program’s inception, 22 participants have successfully completed the program.
“This unique program offers young, first-time, non-violent offenders a second chance at life,” said James. “This program does not give them a ‘get out of jail free’ pass for their mistakes, but it allows them to learn from their prior missteps through a rigorous year-long program.”
The Anti-Recidivism Court is a collaborative partnership among DeKalb County Public Defenders’ Office, DeKalb County Magistrate Court and DeKalb County District Attorney’s Office.
According to national statistics, approximately two-thirds of individuals arrested will be re-arrested within three years. “The judicial system can become a revolving door for criminals. We wanted to deliberately interrupt the cycle of recidivism here in DeKalb through this program.”
Currently, 20 participants are enrolled in the year-long Anti-Recidivism Court.
As conditions of the diversion program, each participant is ordered to: report to private probation, perform community service, undergo random monitoring, report to monthly compliance hearings and abide by a curfew/electronic monitoring. Additionally, participants must pay any restitution involved with their arrest, enroll in an academic program if they have not obtained a high school diploma/GED and attend behavior modification classes.
“We focus on developing the person and providing them with the skills needed to be successful in life,” said James. “We not only provide them with life skills training but also a strict guideline to follow. Many do not complete the course ♦.
For those participants who do complete all of their requirements, they will have their cases dismissed.”
If a participant is found in violation of the diversion program terms, then their case would be sent back to Superior Court for prosecution. “The program is not a fit for ever applicant,” said Diversion Program Director Kaleema Thomas. “The participants have to be committed to change and willing to work on themselves throughout the process.”
Atlanta Anger Management offers two suchLifeskills Courses.
Anger Management Class
Character Development Class
1. Anger Management Class
Anger Management is a course of treatment that seeks to help people whose anger emotion is causing negative problems in their personal, business or public life.
Anderson & Anderson’s Certified Anger Management Facilitators are influencing how anger management is practiced throughout the United States. Richard Taylor of Atlanta Anger Management sets the standard in Atlanta with many others following our lead. We offer what is needed and other companies soon copy us and offer it too. Two companies have even copied our name or derivatives thereof. Such flattery, thank you.
Anger Management has moved from the basic idea of management of anger to a broader understanding of the relationship between:
anger self-awareness
anger management
stress self-awareness
stress management
improving communication
increasing self-awareness
mindfulness
social awareness
impulse control
optimism
decision making
self-perception
flexibility
and relationship management
These lifeskills learned are positive by design and move the participant from low motivation into high motivation to commit to the process if they only honor their Pre-Trial Diversion Program requirements by completing the number of hours required.
♦ Unfortunately many get their Letter Of Enrollment attending their first class to (get off the hook) for their first Probation Meeting and then disappear into their past patterns that only lead to more trouble and eventual arrest ~ jail time for violation of their Agreed On Terms Of Pre-Trial Diversion Program. Stricter penalties needed to be served for violation in our estimation.
Participants completing the Anger Management Class (Course) leave with enhanced life skills for greater self understanding (awareness), learn to control one’s emotions, better social awareness for better interactions and more productive relationship management.
In most cases reduced recidivism is also achieved.
NOTE: Anger Management is not psychotherapy. Anger Management is psycho-education and a highly personalized form of treatment using educational approach to skill development. Specialized Anger Management Certification Training of 40 Hours or more by national certification companies should be the standard for practice.
Anger Management does not seek to help those in need of counseling to find ways of avoiding their anger altogether. According to the American Psychiatric Association, anger is a normal human emotion. It is not a mental disorder, consequently it is not responsive to traditional counseling, psychotherapy or psychotropic medication. Additionally anger is not listed in The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) DSM-IV-TR.
Anger is exemplified by anger outbursts or tempers that flair out of proportion to the causing stimuli or situation. Anger can be aggressive as in verbal abuse or physical abuse but also passive as in emotional blackmail, negative control issues, silent treatment etc. The individual experiencing anger often lashes out against family members, friends, acquaintances coworkers, even strangers.
Anger is a problem under the following circumstances:
• When it occurs too frequently • When it is too intense • When it lasts too long • When it leads to health issues • When it destroys interpersonal relationships: personal, work and public • When it results in person-directed aggression: verbal abuse or physical abuse
Anger can be managed using skills/tools that can be learned through a course of proven Anger Management curriculum.
Minimally these classes are designed to teach core life skills in the following domains:
• Self Observing Self
• Anger Awareness and Anger Management
• Stress Awareness and Stress Management
• Improved Communication through Assertion Training & Active Listening
• Emotional Intelligence:
self-awareness, self control, social awareness and relationship management
• Relationship Management
• Cognitive Restructuring
• Learning to Respond To Another Person’s Anger
• Optimism and Gratitude
The first step is to call Richard at 678-576-1913 and we get to know one another. It is usually fairly brief but provides you the opportunity to discuss current situation and what some of the issues are and define your requirements as dictated by your referring party.
SYLLABUS – Some Counties Require 8 Hours/Weeks Others 12 Hours/Weeks.
WEEK 1: MOTIVATION-CHANGE FOR BETTER OUTCOMES & MORE PRODUCTIVITY IN YOUR LIFE
Willingness to Change and Developing Discipline; Life Review: Is It Working For You?
GEORGIA RANKS 2nd AS MOST STRESSFUL STATE IN WHICH TO LIVE
In a recent 2014 study by Chris Kolmar, Chief Armchair Economist of MOVOTO
ranks Florida as #1 Most Stressed State in which to live with Georgia right behind as #2.
Do we Atlantan’s really need to be told this?
But which states take being stressed out to the next level?
Florida have earned the dubious distinction of being the most stressed out in the country.
Georgia comes in 2nd. Maybe if we have more traffic and work harder we can make it to #1 next year!
How MOVOTO Measured Stress (Without Stressing Out)
In order to measure stress, they selected a set of six criteria that reflect its root causes for most people and used them to look at the lower 48 states:
Percentage of population with a long commute (over 20 minutes)
Unemployment
Hours worked
Population density
Percentage of income spent on housing
Percentage of population without health insurance
The higher any of these was, the more stressful the people of the state are.
They used data from the U.S. Census’ American Community Survey for 2008-2012.
They ranked each state from 1 to 48 (with one being the most stressed side of the scale) in the six individual criteria. These ranks were then averaged into one Big Deal Score, the lowest of which was the most stressed out state in America. See Chart Below.
Georgians work the most hours on average of any state’s residents in our top 10 according to MOVOTO.
Could it be less people doing jobs that previously had more people doing them, so longer hours worked per worker?
Do we stress over losing a job since the unemployment rate for Georgia is in the top 20 percent of the 48 states?
Certainly with Atlanta ranked as #2 of the Most Discourteous Drivers earlier this year our driving time / Marta commuters time, adds a lot of stress for everyone in Georgia.
The average travel time to work in the United States is 25.4 minutes, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Check out the interesting map that was developed to check commute time by zip code.
Zoom In, move around the map or enter your town or zip code to find commute times for your area.
Be an informed driver and know the law and check your own driving habits
to see if you need some habit changing. Like stop talking on phone while driving
or other behaviors that lead to crashes and possible death of another because of your actions. Prevention and caution goes a long way to arriving safely and being alive.
Public Service Posting – Laws Do Change So Always Stay Current
Intent to annoy, harass, molest, intimidate, injure or obstruct another person, while doing one or more of the following: overtaking and passing another vehicle; violating traffic lane markings; following too closely; violating signal, lane change, slowing or stopping laws; impeding traffic flows; reckless driving.
Georgia ‘Super Speeder Law’ adds on $200 in state fees for any driver convicted of speeding at >75 on any two-lane roads or >85 on multiple lane roads anywhere in the state.
The Georgia Point System ranges from 2 to 6 points. A driver with 15 points in a 24 month period will be suspended.
Points are assessed for each conviction pursuant to O.C.G.A. §40-5-57(c)(1)(A)
The State assesses no points for speeding convictions less than 15 miles-per hour over the posted speed limit and for convictions of driving ‘Too Fast for Conditions’, as per O.C.G.A. §40-6-180. No points are assessed against non-residents of Georgia.
Offense Code
Conviction
Points
§40-6-397
Aggressive Driving
6 Points
§40-6-390
Reckless Driving
4 Points
§40-6-163
Unlawful Passing School Bus
6 Points
§40-6-45
Improper Passing on Hill or Curve
4 Points
§40-6-181
Speeding:
15 to 18 mph over speed limit
2 Points
19 to 23 mph over speed limit
3 Points
24 to 33 mph over speed limit
4 Points
34 mph or more over speed limit
6 Points
§40-6-20
Failure to Obey Traffic-Control Device
3 Points
§40-6-2
Failure to Obey Police Officer
3 Points
§40-6-253
Possessing an Open Container of an Alcoholic Beverage while Driving
2 Points
§40-6-248.1
Failure to Adequately Secure Load (except fresh farm produce), resulting in an Accident
2 Points
§40-8-76
Violation of Child Safety Restraint
1st Offense
1 Point
2nd or Subsequent Offense
2 Points
§40-6-241.1
Violation of usage of wireless telecommunication device requirements
1 Point
§40-6-241.2
Operating a Vehicle while Text Messaging
1 Point
§40-6-54
Improper Use of Designated Travel Lane – 4th and Subsequent Offense
1 Point
All Other Moving Violations
3 Points
Points Reductions
How do I obtain a Points Reduction?
In accordance with O.C.G.A §40-5-86, licensed Georgia residents may request that DDS reduce the number of points assessed against their Georgia driver’s license up to 7 points once every 5 years.
To qualify for a Points Reduction, you must successfully complete a certified Driver Improvement (defensive driving) course and present the original certificate of completion to the DDS by mail or in person at one of our Customer Service Centers.
If you request a Points Reduction by mail, please mail the original Driver Improvement (defensive driving) certificate of completion to the Georgia Department of Driver Services, P. O. Box 80447, Conyers, Georgia 30013.
Call Richard Taylor at 678.576.1913 and get some professional help in a Private Individual Session before you ” blow” and make the news and ruin your life and the life of another.
Updated: 6:23 a.m. Wednesday, April 16, 2014 | Posted: 5:55 p.m. Tuesday, April 15, 2014 Dad Dies After Road Rage Shooting Near Cheshire Bridge in Atlanta, GA
ATLANTA, Ga. — Police believe it was road rage that caused a driver to shoot into another car near Cheshire Bridge Road in northeast Atlanta.
Demetrius Wright, Gwinnett father of a 10-year-old girl, died three weeks after the shooting. Police believe he was trying to get onto I-85 near Cheshire Bridge when a grey Pontiac Grand Prix, carrying three men, pulled up and opened fire.
Wright’s family gave their first interview since the March 16 shooting.
“It is the worst feeling ever to know that someone you love was on their way home from doing something they love and then they were shot,” Wright’s fiancée Alexis Laney told Channel 2’s Ryan Young on Tuesday.
Laney is supposed to be preparing for one of the happiest days of her life. She was close to marrying, Wright, her boyfriend of 10 years. Instead, she’s planning his funeral this weekend.
“I never would have imagined having to watch my fiancé be buried on Saturday,” Laney said. “I thought he would live forever. I thought we were going to grow old.”
Loved ones are pleading for witnesses to come forward to help police make an arrest in this case.
Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 404-577-8477.
GAINESVILLE GA ROAD ROAD DEATH
Two Young Women Killed In Separate Road Rage Incidents In GA
Posted: Oct 14, 2013 3:21 PM EDTUpdated: Oct 14, 2013 5:15 PM EDT
By WBTW News Staff
Two young women died in two different road rage incidents in Georgia on Friday – one in a shooting and another in a head-on crash, authorities say.
Cobb County officers say road rage is the reason behind a fatal shooting near Kennesaw, Georgia that killed a female college student.
Meanwhile, another the second road-rage case occurred near Gainesville Friday morning in which a 22-year-old woman was killed in a crash.
College student Kim Kilgore, age 21, is dead after authorities say she was shot inside the gates of her apartment complex early Friday morning.
The suspect, 22-year-old Lindsey Sparkles Lashayla, has been arrested and charged with murder in the shooting.
Police say a case of road rage incident between people in two vehicles led to a fight at the apartment complex where Kilgore was shot.
Friends say Kilgore who was a student at Kennesaw State University died after being taken off life support.
The incident involved two carloads of females and an altercation started near the gate to the apartment complex, said Sgt. Dana Pierce, a Cobb police spokesman.
“There was a whole lot going on out there,” he told the Atlanta Journal. “You have two carloads or groups of people who are at one another.”
Kilgore was studying communications at Kennesaw State University, where she was a former member of the Gamma Phi Beta sorority.
The sorority issued a statement on Twitter Friday about the Paulding County High School graduate: “Our prayers go out to our dear friend Kim Kilgore!” The university also issued a statement, expressing condolences and announcing that it was preparing to offer grief counseling for those who knew Kilgore.
Police do not have information indicating the suspect and the victim previously knew each other, Pierce said.
In the second incident, an out-of-control pickup truck driver repeatedly rammed a couple from behind on a highway in Gainesville. The couple then called 9-1-1:
Caller: We have got a red pickup truck following us
Caller: He just hit us! He just hit us!
Driver: He’s about to hit somebody head-on.
Caller: He just hit somebody head-on. No! No! No!
Dispatcher: Ma’am, ma’am. Calm down.
Driver: He just hit somebody head-on going about 70 miles an hour.
Investigators say that’s when 48-year-old Michael Williams, the driver behind the wheel in the pickup, hit 22-year-old Chelsea Gerrish head on killing jimself and Gerrish.
The couple heard on the 911 calls has not been identified.
Funeral services for Kilgore be held on Wednesday, October 16, 2013 at 2:00 PM, from West Ridge Church in Dallas, GA, with Pastor Gene Evans and Pastor Mark Evans officiating.
Interment will follow in Peaceful Meadows Memorial Park. The Kilgore family will receive friends at Clark Funeral Home, on Tuesday, October 15, 2013 between the hours of 4:00 and 8:00 p.m.
Clark Funeral Home in Hiram, GA, is in charge of arrangements.
Call Richard Taylor at 678.576.1913 and get some professional help in a Private Individual Session before you ” blow” and make the news and ruin your life.
Who Would Benefit:
–> While driving you get angry at the least thing.
–> You experience anger or rage frequently
–> You experience anger or rage with too much intensity
–> You experience rage often (irrational over reaction to an activating event)
–> Your driving becomes reckless
–> You want to drive fellow ‘idiot’ drivers off the road
–> You want to slam your auto into another vehicle –-> You speed up then slam on your brakes so car will ram you
–> You honk the horn everyday, multiple times. This is not Manhattan.
–> When you rage you lose time and don’t remember what happened
–> When you get ‘very angry, rant ‘ [RAGE] you alienate everyone around you
–> When you get ‘angry’ you want to destroy
–> You can’t help but break objects, kick doors, punch holes in the wall
–> You stuff feelings fairly well but need rage to let off steam
–> You don’t have many emotions ‘Mr Spock’
–> I like myself but not many others don’t
–> People seem to avoid me, or walk on “eggshells” around me
–> Stress is my middle name –> People tell me I need Anger Management
–> I know it’s the other driver, not me that is stupid
–> I text and drive
–> I talk on the phone 90% of the time while driving
–> My car is a wreck and I’m bound to have an accident
A 22-year-old Cobb County woman was charged with the shooting death of a Kennesaw student during a road rage incident that is slowly attracting national attention.
Kimberly Kilgore, 21, and Sparkles LaShayla Lindsey’s lives couldn’t be more different. The popular Kennesaw State University student loved country and western music, and she took pride in her vast collection of cowboy boots.
Lindsey emulated the thug life that was glorified by the rappers she idolized. According to published reports, Lindsey, of Austell, had a criminal record that most rappers would envy.
The two women’s lives intersected on a darkened stretch of Shiloh Road in Cobb County, GA, early Friday morning. A road rage incident involving 2 carloads of women ended with shots fired just inside the gates of Shiloh Green Apartments around 2 a.m.
Witnesses say the two drivers — Lindsey and Kilgore — got into a physical altercation in the parking lot of the apartment complex. At some point, Lindsey pulled a gun out of her waistband and fired a single shot, striking Kilgore in the head.
Kilgore was transported to WellStar Kennestone Hospital, where she was pronounced dead. Lindsey and her friends fled the scene before police arrived.
Detectives secured an arrest warrant for Lindsey later that day and she was taken into custody without incident. Lindsey was charged with aggravated assault and murder.
Kilgore’s friends struggle to understand the senseless violence committed by a young woman who had at least 2 prior arrests for assault and battery.
Kilgore was scheduled to work Friday night at Johnny’s BBQ in Powder Springs. One of her co-workers was a passenger in Kilgore’s SUV that night.
“She works every Friday night and here it is Friday night and we’re walking around … just can’t even describe the feeling,” Manager Alisa Pannell told Channel 2 reporter Ashley Swann.
Cobb County residents vented their frustrations on social media and message boards. Most of the angry chatter centered around Kilgore and Lindsey’s skin color and the perceived media bias that suppresses race when a black kills a white.
Lindsey’s friends defended her on social media networks. “My old co-worker, Sparkles Lindsey, killed a girl over a road rage incident. While she was wrong, people need to watch how they drive,” tweeted Natasha Hall.
Lindsey is being held without bond in the Cobb County jail.
Source: More from Sandrarose.com: http://sandrarose.com/2013/10/lesbian-charged-with-killing-kennesaw-student-during-road-rage-incident/
Atlanta police are hunting the impatient driver who became enraged when a mini van didn’t move quickly enough when a light turned green and then fired a gun at the mini van, injuring a 4-year-old toddler strapped into his car seat.
The mother of Korda, the boy who was hurt, said that the driver behind her turned angry when she didn’t accelerate at a green light fast enough on Tuesday.
“Once he blew his horn, I blew my horn back like, ok I hear you,” Tammitha Williams said.
When Williams made a turn, the angry driver followed her.
“The next thing I know, he’s behind me, he’s weaving back and forth in traffic like coming beside my car and I’m like, what’s wrong with this man? He jumped back behind me and that’s when I heard the gunshot,” Williams said.
The bullet penetrated the back door and then went through the backseat of the van. It was strong enough to go through Korda’s car seat.
“I was panicking, I was praying because I didn’t know where he got hit or anything, so I’m just praying, asking God to make sure he’s OK,” Williams said.
Williams said that Korda remained surprisingly calm.
“He didn’t cry at all, he was a big boy…I cried like a baby myself,” she said.
Korda was shot in his buttocks.
“I got a big hole in my van, not only in my van. I got it in my heart because they really hurt my baby,” Williams said. “I don’t know this person, but he hurt me…it could have been a whole different outcome, he could have been dead and gone, I could have been burying a 4-year-old.”
Dekalb County Police Chief Bill O’Brien said it was only a matter of inches that saved Korda’s life.
“We are very lucky because we could just as easy be working a homicide case today,” O’Brien said. “He’s [Korda’s] extremely lucky, a matter of inches in any direction, it could have hit him in the spine. Iif the shot had been fired a little higher, it could have even hit him in the back of the head.”
Police have recovered ballistic evidence and believe the shooter was a man driving with a woman in a white SUV.
Korda will return to the hospital next week for a procedure, but doctors say the bullet hit soft tissue and luckily, he will fully recover.
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Road Rage Turns Violent, Toddler Shot in Car Seat
This isn’t the first time road rage has taken a violent turn.
YouTube videos show countless video of drivers coming unglued, viciously punching each other, spitting and throwing everything from coffee to crutches.
In 2008, Thomas Timko was shot in front of his 8-year-old daughter by a driver who said he’d cut him off at a Philadelphia toll plaza.
A former Marine, Christian Squillaciotti, pleaded guilty to the shooting in 2010 and was sentenced to 13 to 26 years in prison.
Road Rage is often called intermittent explosive disorder, a term used to refer to violent incidents resulting from stress caused by accidents or incidents on roadways. It is often a natural extension of aggressive driving.
Road Rage frustration and aggression are often triggered by traffic conditions, being in a hurry, stress related to other pressures. Road Rage is a feeling of retaliating of awlfulizing the other driver. The other driver deserves retribution. We make a free choice in what we do. We choose how we are going to respond.
Road Rage:
Occurs when a driver reacts angrily to other drivers
You cut off another driver
Tailgating
Gesturing or waving fist.
Flip off someone
Aggressive driving
Excessive speeds
Scream at another
Chase another car
Honk continuously at another car
Make threatening gestures
Try to injure or kill another driver
Name what you do: _______________
Road Rage is an symptom of an underlying issue with a driver. Impulse Control is a major issue. They are unable to remain in control of themselves or their emotions. Often stress is very high in your life. Perhaps your personal or business life is not going very well. Your anger spreads beyond driving creeping into other aspects of your life.
Road Rage: Choose to Calm Down and disengage from your stress. See above blog article.
For drivers who do not experience Road Rage knowing what might trigger a person is equally important. Do not flip someone your middle finger. They may have a pistol in hand waiting for an excuse. Some people may just not like your look. Your race. Your hair color.
Atlanta has now become an aggressive driving city with too many cars and not enough roads. Vote for more MARTA, High Speed Trains, Other Public Transportation ideas when they come up in Voting. Use MARTA when you can.
WHEN DRIVING:
Be calm
Listen to soothing music
Slow down
Become a better driver
If you have anxiety while driving take a driver education course in defensive driving
Take more time to get to your destination and expect delays
Be courteous while driving
Make appointments in non traffic times
Stop multi-tasking while driving
Stop talking on phone while driving
Stop looking at your phone while driving
Allow a car beside you to get ahead of you when lane narrows
When a driver cuts in front of you abruptly, let it go and expect that again
Drive with 360 degree awareness paying attention to all sides, front, back, left, right (Zen Driving)
Anticipate traffic incidents with attentive awareness “reading” the traffic ahead of you
AutoVantage Survey on Road Rage Identifies Atlanta as 2nd Least Courteous City in the US
Stamford, CT- May 12, 2014
When it comes to getting to and from work, a recent survey says Atlantans have it worse than citizens in just about any other city.
The 2014 In the Driver’s Seat Road Rage Survey identified Atlanta as having the second least courteous drivers across America’s largest cities. This represents an “increase” of two spots from the same survey in 2009.
Rankings were determined by measuring a wide array of driving actions that inhabitants admit to performing and acknowledge seeing, along with observations of their reactions to other drivers.
When compared to drivers in other cities, survey participants in Atlanta are:
Most likely to admit purposely bumping another driver in reaction to perceived poor driving
Most likely to see another driver speeding
Most Likely to acknowledge tailgating someone else
2nd most likely to see other drivers eating or drinking while behind the wheel
While drivers in Atlanta were identified as among the least courteous, Portland, OR was identified as having the most courteous drivers.
Road Rage is an symptom of an underlying issue with a driver. Impulse Control is a major issue. They are unable to remain in control of themselves or their emotions. Often stress is very high in your life. Perhaps your personal or business life is not going very well. Your anger spreads beyond driving creeping into other aspects of your life.
Road Rage: Choose to Calm Down and disengage from your stress.
For drivers who do not experience Road Rage knowing what might trigger a person is equally important. Do not flip someone your middle finger. They may have a pistol in hand waiting for an excuse. Some people may just not like your look. Your race. Your hair color.
Atlanta has now become an aggressive driving city with too many cars and not enough roads. Vote for more MARTA, High Speed Trains, Other Public Transportation ideas when they come up in Voting. Use MARTA when you can.
WHEN DRIVING:
Be calm
Listen to soothing music
Slow down
Become a better driver
Plan your trip and know where you are going
If you have anxiety while driving take a driver education course in defensive driving
Take more time to get to your destination and expect delays
Be courteous while driving
Make appointments in non traffic times
Stop multi-tasking while driving
Stop talking on phone while driving
Stop looking at your phone while driving
Allow a car beside you to get ahead of you when lane narrows
When a driver cuts in front of you abruptly, let it go and expect that again
Drive with 360 degree awareness paying attention to all sides, front, back, left, right (Zen Driving)
Anticipate traffic incidents with attentive awareness “reading” the traffic ahead of you
A new kind of road hazard is Aggressive Driving that can become Road Rage.
When driving watch for:
aggressive drivers who weave in and out of traffic
drivers who tailgate (follow too closely)
drive too fast on crowded highways
honk the horn frequently
drive with no regard for other drivers and their vechicles
drivers who cut you off
drivers who brake very fast – you might read end them
drivers who “squeeze’ in front of 18 wheel trucks
scream at you
obscene gestures
drivers who try to get you to talk to them while driving
drivers who change lanes when you do and seem to be chasing you
drivers who get in front of you and slam their brakes on
Today’s hectic, over crowded, fast-paced world, frustration levels are sky high, stress piles on with increasing number of people expressing this as angry driving.
Avoid Road Rage consequences with these tips:
aggressive and excessive speeding, particularly on congested highways
aggressive and excessive speeding in bad weather
speed causes nearly 1/3 of all fatal motor vehicle crashes
speeding reduces the time drivers have to avoid a crash or a dangerous situation and greatly increases the likelihood the crash will be severe.
The energy released in a collision at 60 mph is 200 percent greater than at 40 mph, even though the speed has increased by only 50 percent.
Control Yourself
Wind down before you crank it up
Avoid making other drivers angry by avoiding anger yourself
Anticipate situations and make plans accordingly.
Regular traffic reports in most cities alert you to the traffic congestion.
Allow extra driving time to remain stress free.
Learn alternate routes.
Find ways to relive daily stress such as Working Out (Exercise), Pilates, Meditation, Laughter Yoga, Conscious Breathing, Singing, taking Hot Baths at night.
If you plan a long road trip, take it in 8 to 10 hour stages.
Every three hours driving take a rest stop break.
Be Patient & Pay Attention – Avoid A Driving Assault
Don’t yell or use obscene gestures.
Don’t block the passing lane.
Stay to the right if you are obstructing the flow of traffic.
Always signal when changing lanes.
Use your horn sparingly.
Don’t tailgate.
Cooperate
Don’t compete on the road.
Let other drivers merge into traffic in an orderly fashion.
Don’t take another’s actions personally. Everybody makes mistakes.
Don’t react to another driver’s uncivil behavior
Avoid eye contact
Don’t accelerate, brake or swerve suddenly, which can be seen as confrontational.
If confronted by an aggressive driver, go to the nearest police station if you continue to be hassled or think you are being followed.
Lock your doors.
When stopped in traffic, leave enough space to pull out from behind the car you are following.
Don’t be tempted to start a fight or carry any sort of weapon. These acts may provoke an assault.
ATLANTA ANGER MANAGEMENT – Richard Taylor offers Road Rage help both before you get arrested or after. It will cost you less if you come see Richard before since it seems going to jail costs between $1,000.00 and $8000.00 plus longer Anger Management – Road Rage Classes.
Call Richard Taylor of ATLANTA ANGER MANAGEMENT for help at 678.576.1913 with your Aggressive Driving and Erratic Behavior behind the wheel of your vehicle.
Who Would Benefit:
–> While driving you get angry at the least thing.
–> You experience anger or rage frequently
–> You experience anger or rage with too much intensity
–> You experience rage often (irrational over reaction to an activating event)
–> Your driving becomes reckless
–> You want to drive fellow ‘idiot’ drivers off the road
–> You want to slam your auto into another vehicle
–> When you rage you lose time and don’t remember what happened
–> When you get ‘very angry, rant ‘ [RAGE] you alienate everyone around you
–> When you get ‘angry’ you want to destroy
–> You can’t help but break objects, kick doors, punch holes in the wall
–> You stuff feelings fairly well but need rage to let off steam
–> You don’t have many emotions ‘Mr Spock’
–> I like myself but not many others don’t
–> People seem to avoid me, or walk on “eggshells” around me
