The Smooth Operator Program: Combating Aggressive Driving in the Mid-Atlantic

Each year, more than 30,000 people lose their lives in traffic crashes in the United States. Scores more suffer injuries or damage to property. Fortunately, fatalities have been on the decline even as traffic volumes and congestion grow. Increasingly, however, drivers display behaviors that threaten other drivers while they all experience the effects of increasing traffic volume. This has resulted in the prevalence of what has become known as “aggressive driving.”