Aggressive driving might just be a frustrated driver who can’t control his or her impulses acting out in an immature fashion. But it can injure innocent people and take lives. In one fatal Montgomery County highway crash recently, aggressive driving and a failure to yield right of way took the life of an aggressive driver, Juan Gante, and one of his passengers.
The aggressive driving accident also critically injured an innocent 3-year-old child and two other victims. Our Montgomery County accident attorneys feel sure that the aggressive driver, Juan Gante, never intended any of these results, let alone his own death. But as you have probably experienced yourself, intentions and results often run two completely different courses.
In another recent incident of emotion-fueled aggressive driving, Emmanuel Imyang struck a pregnant mother, reported to be his girlfriend, and the two-year-old child she carried in her arms with the mother’s vehicle that he was driving. The traumatic aggressive driving accident occurred in the parking lot of Kids R Kids Day Care where the mother had wanted to drop off her two year old for day care. The employees of the day care facility, no doubt appalled by what they had witnessed, called 911.
According to reports of the aggressive driving accident, Emmanuel Imyang had been arguing with the mother about taking her car. The mother, who owned the vehicle, did not want him taking it away. It appears to our Montgomery County accident attorneys that she might well have had good reason to fear his actions behind the wheel.
The pregnant mother and her two-year-old girl received transport to Ben Taub Hospital. Reportedly, the mother had minor injuries and indications are that her unborn child will be OK following the disturbing aggressive driving incident. The two-year-old has non-life threatening injuries. We realized that “non-life threatening” tends to sound reassuring. But non-life threatening injuries could be quite severe and leave a victim with lifelong impairments.
Authorities have arrested Imyang and charged him with a felony: endangering a child. Deputy Constables say that they don’t think that Imyang meant to actually strike the pregnant woman and her small child with the vehicle. It appears that maybe Imyang just wanted to get away with the woman’s vehicle and use it for his own. Our Montgomery County accident attorneys aren’t sure that his mere intent to steal use of the pregnant woman’s vehicle paints him in a much better light.
Imyang’s aggressive driving and inability to control his impulses greatly endangered a child, its unborn sibling, and the mother of that child. Even though Imyang might not have meant to injure and endanger them, he also did not put much thought or effort into avoiding the possibility of harm.
Reckless disregard of danger can prove as fatal as deliberate endangerment. Authorities have rightly arrested Imyang. We hope that some time spent serving a penalty for the harm and trauma he has caused through his aggressive driving might cause him to re-examine his approach to emotional situations, in particular when behind the wheel.
Other aggressive drivers might want to take a lesson from Emmanuel Imyang’s arrest and from Juan Gante’s sudden demise. When frustrating situations threaten to overwhelm your better judgment and cause you to endanger yourself and others, sit back, breathe deeply, and take a moment to examine the possible consequences to yourself and others of your disregard for safety.
A momentary sense of victory over an opponent on the road might be followed by an infinite silence and blackness as you suffer a fatal wreck. So take care and cool down. It is better to arrive late at your destination than not to arrive at all.