Although it isn’t something you can see, hear, or touch, driving under the influence of strong emotions is a form of distracted driving. Negative emotions such as anger and sadness are especially distracting. They direct thoughts away from driving to the matter that upsets you. Anger also increases aggressive driving and reduces your tolerance of the driving mistakes of other motorists. This increases the likelihood of giving in to road rage. In fact, recent research shows that negative emotions increase your risk of a car crash tenfold. Strong emotion causes drivers.

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