Traffic experts at AAA describe aggressive driving as unsafe driving behaviors performed deliberately by a driver with disregard for the safety of others. A report from AAA reveals that 80% of drivers admitted to expressing anger, aggression, and even road rage behaviors while behind the wheel at least once during the 30 days before the survey. Tragically, aggressive driving accidents in Colorado are on the rise, nearly doubling since 2016. Reach out to our proven Westminster car accident lawyer for a free consultation today.
What Types of Driving Behaviors Are Aggressive Driving In Colorado?
Colorado residents lead active, productive lives, taking many drivers out on the roadways daily. This causes frequent traffic congestion. Additionally, continual infrastructure expansion results in road construction projects that lead to delays and traffic backups. Driver aggression can result from frustration in high-traffic situations. Aggressive driving also stems from stress, anxiety, tardiness, or simply due to a bad day. Common types of driving behaviors categorized as aggressive driving include the following:
Excessive speeding
Unsafe lane changes, or weaving through traffic
Unsafe passing, including passing in emergency lanes or on the road shoulder
Tailgating
Running red lights
Cutting off other drivers
Intentionally blocking other drivers from passing
Cutting in front of another driver and then braking (brake-checking)
Horn-honking
Making intimidating gestures
Aggressive driving escalates into road rage behaviors when an aggressive or angry driver targets another driver as the object of their rage and makes threatening gestures, yells, chases, or confronts the other driver.
What Types of Accidents Result from Aggressive Driving In Colorado?
Aggressive drivers allow their anger and frustration to cause them to take unnecessary risks behind the wheel. Tragically, they risk not only their own safety but also that of others. Speeding and aggressive driving play a role in nearly 30% of traffic fatalities. Common types of accidents resulting from aggressive driving in Colorado and elsewhere include the following:
Under Colorado’s fault-based car accident laws, an aggressive driver may be held liable for damages after an accident.
What Types of Damages Result From Colorado Aggressive Driving Accidents?
In an aggressive driving accident, one driver’s high-risk behavior endangers other motorists sharing the roadway. Because aggressive drivers are often speeding, accidents tend to result in far more than just damage to a vehicle, but serious or catastrophic injuries. Severe injuries are expensive to treat, interfere with careers, and sometimes leave an injury victim with a disability, facing an uncertain future. A successful car accident claim against an aggressive driver can result in compensation such as the following:
Past and future medical expenses
Out-of-pocket injury-related costs
Past and future income loss
Reduced future earning ability (in cases of accident-related disability)
In catastrophic injury cases, additional compensation may be available to injury victims suffering the loss of a limb, disfigurement, organ loss, the loss of one of the senses, or diminished quality of life. If an aggressive driving accident causes a fatality, a close family member could recover wrongful death compensation.
Call the Westminster Aggressive Driving Accident Attorneys at Ciancio Ciancio Brown, P.C
Victims of aggressive driving accidents deserve full and fair compensation for their damages. Although a successful claim cannot erase the injury, it brings access to medical care, relieves injury-related financial hardship, and provides victims with a sense of justice. Call Ciancio Ciancio Brown, P.C., to demand accountability through a well-executed car accident claim.
