Maryland & Virginia Aggressive Driving Defense Attorneys

Defend clients charged with Road Rage in Virginia & Maryland

Aggressive driving is any expression of aggression by a driver. Another term for it is road rage. In its extreme form, aggressive driving results in the use of the vehicle as a weapon or physically assaulting the other driver. If this occurs, then it is no longer road rage. You go from being charged with a serious moving violation to being charged with a very serious violent crime.

Most local police describe aggressive driving as a behavior where the driver of a motor vehicle is engaging in a driving behavior without regard for the rights or safety of the other people on the road.

Virginia & Maryland have now enacted laws to combat road rage. The legislature calls it one of the following: Aggressive Driving, Improper Driving or Careless Driving. The Virginia & Maryland aggressive driving defense attorneys in our firm are routinely called upon to defend clients who are charged with aggressive driving offenses in Virginia & Maryland.  The reason most of our clients hire us is because a conviction for an aggressive driving, improper driving or careless driving can result in loss of license, loss of liberty, enhanced fines and points on your driving record or all of the above in Virginia & Maryland. This in turn will result may cause your insurance rates to go up or your insurance company to drop you completely.

If you wish to consult a SRIS, P.C. Maryland aggressive driving or Virginia aggressive driving attorney or Careless Driving lawyer, please simply contact us via phone at 888-437-7747.

The aggressive driving defense lawyers in our firm have client meeting locations in Virginia & Maryland.

• Virginia - Fairfax, Fredericksburg, Lynchburg, Manassas, Richmond & Virginia Beach.
• Maryland - Rockville & Baltimore.

The general consensus of law enforcement in urban and suburban localities is that aggressive driving is increasing. One study that took a poll of what were some of the safety threats on the roads, determined that aggressive driving to be a major threat.

Another study determined that people who were most likely to engage in aggressive driving were drivers between the age of 18 to 26, males who were not highly educated with criminal records, a history of violence, drug or alcohol problems. However, other studies have determined that many of those convicted of aggressive driving were men and women who were successful with no history of violence, drug or alcohol abuse. Additionally, a number of people who were convicted of aggressive driving were between 30 and 55 and some were as old as 75. A series of bad driving incidents can cause a person to engage in aggressive driving.

Some of the most common types of aggressive driving behavior police look for in VA & MD are:

• Aggressive tailgating
• Lights flashed at them because the other motorist was annoyed
• Aggressive or rude gestures
• Deliberately obstructed or prevented from moving their vehicle
• Verbal abuse
• Physically assault

You could be charged with aggressive driving in VA or MD, if you do any of the following:

• Flashed lights at another motorist because they were annoyed with them
• Make aggressive or rude gestures
• Engage in yelling, screaming or verbal abuse towards another motorist.
• Aggressively tailgate another motorist
• Deliberately obstruct or prevent another from moving their vehicle

Most of the aggressive driving violations occur during daytime on a major road.

If you wish to consult a SRIS, P.C. Aggressive Driving attorney, Careless Driving lawyer in Virginia or Maryland, please simply contact us via phone at 888-437-7747.

Our Aggressive Driving attorneys and staff in Virginia & Maryland speak the following languages in addition to English: Spanish, French, Arabic, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Cantonese, Mandarin & Malaysian.