Police say if you find yourself in a road rage situation, stay calm. The number one thing to remember, officials say, is don't get out of your car.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Violent road rage is becoming more common. According to AAA, 8 million drivers have engaged in extreme cases of road rage and 9 out of 10 drivers believe aggressive drivers are a serious threat to their safety.

A couple was driving on Interstate 485 this weekend with their kids in the car when someone fired several shots at them.

It happened Saturday around 5 p.m. The bullets missed them and no one was hurt, according to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department.

This is just the latest of several incidents across North Carolina where drivers are having to dodge bullets.

Just last week, CMPD says a man shot into a woman's car as they were driving pas CPCC's Cato Campus.

Police say if you find yourself in a road rage situation, stay calm.

The number one thing to remember, officials say, is don't get out of your car. Additionally, if somebody is trying to challenge you, they want you to look at them.

"They want you to look at them, they want you to stare them down," CMPD Officer Jonathan Frisk said. "I wouldn't make any eye contact with them."