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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Let's say the teen rear-ended someone (this is a hypothetical). They pull over. And the person rear-ended starts yelling at the kid, trying to force into giving information, admitting fault, etc.

What do you advise your child, if you are not with them at the time, in that situation?

I hadn't given a ton of thought to this situation until reading the other thread. (And also recently an adult opened his door into my kid's car while kid was still in it. Adult saw her and didn't stop or acknowledge what he had done. Kid was too scared to say anything and the adult knew this. I doubt he would have just kept going if it were another adult.)

Thoughts? Advice? To the extent the state laws make a difference, we are in VA.[/quote]

Not sure this applies entirely but I heard some helpful advice by driver ed teacher recently for teens experiencing road rage due to their inexperience contributing to making error on road.

I would double check with drivers Ed school in Va in case laws slightly different.

1. Pull over if it is safe to do so, wind up windows and lock doors.

2. Put on emergency blinkers as cars are required to treat parked cars with emergency lights on the same as emergency vehicles in Md

3. [b]Do not engage with driver if they are aggressive and irate.[/b]

4. If an accident, call your insurance and police (if damage likely to be more than $1k) and wait for their advice. By staying at scene of accident you they are showing good faith.

5. If road rage, put up windows, don’t engage, put on emergency lights and drive slowly away. Call non emergency police number to report aggressive driving - they will need location, car, license plate if you have it and direction traveling.

6. For accident -  Write down as much relevant info as possible for insurance and police

What happened to cause accident / note any extenuating circumstances such being rear ended due to stopping for emergency vehicle or school bus or whatever 
Time 
Roads and nearest cross roads location 
Car model, color and license plate 
Get other car mode, color and license plate

Also regarding car doors - I am teaching our DC to park carefully to avoid car doors being opened onto our car - where possible. Encourage your teen to park in middle of parking spaces and not too close to edges. 
Also the car bumper guard rails you can pay to place on doors/ car body are worth the extra cost to minimize dints.   [/quote]

In Md teens with provisional licenses are not allowed any cel phone use while driving - so reporting aggressive driver to non emergency police would require them to be fully stopped safely (with emergency lights on if on shoulder of road) .[/quote]

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