Dangerous emotions, aggression and peer pressure

Learn to Drive Smart · LTDS-2026-03 · Chapter 7 · Dangerous emotions

Emotions are powerful, they change, and emotional fitness to drive is part of fitness to drive. Whatever the cause — an argument, bad news, a driver who cut you off — the question is the same: can you focus? If you cannot focus, do not get in the car. Sometimes the right answer is to stay out from behind the wheel entirely.

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Practice questions on this card

You have just had a serious argument and need to drive somewhere. What is the question to ask yourself?
Another driver has cut you off and is now gesturing at you. What is the useful response?
A passenger keeps urging you to go faster. How should you treat that?
Why does the manual treat risk-taking as a habit rather than a series of isolated decisions?
What does the manual say about emotions and driving generally?
You are a passenger and the driver is behaving unsafely. What does the manual support?
Which action is most likely to escalate a confrontation on the road?
What does fitness to drive cover?