An aggressive driver who has been menacing you gets into a crash. What does the manual say to do?
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A.
Block the driver in with your vehicle until police arrive.
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B.
Pull up next to the driver to help them out of the vehicle.
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C.
Stop a safe distance from the scene and wait to report what you saw. Correct
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D.
Keep driving to avoid any further contact with the driver.
The answer is "Stop a safe distance from the scene and wait to report what you saw."
The manual says to stop a safe distance from the crash scene and, when police arrive, report the aggressive driving you saw. Choice D tempts readers who carry over the earlier advice about being followed (drive to the nearest police station) and miss that the aggressive driver has now stopped moving.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. Block the driver in with your vehicle until police arrive.
Blocking the driver creates the confrontation the manual has told you to avoid. This answer treats yourself as an enforcement backstop, when the manual assigns that role to police.
B. Pull up next to the driver to help them out of the vehicle.
Approaching puts you in reach of someone who was just menacing you. This answer follows the good-Samaritan reflex without weighing the driver's earlier behavior.
D. Keep driving to avoid any further contact with the driver.
The instruction is to stop nearby and give a witness report, not keep going. This answer carries over the earlier advice for being followed by an aggressive driver, missing that the driver has now crashed.
This question tests your knowledge of Crash Procedures in New York. Source: New York State Driver's Manual, "Road Rage," p.46..
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