You are trying to text message your friend and drive at the same time and end up 'tapping' the bumper of the driver in front of you. When you both get out to survey the damage, you apologize saying, "Its my fault, I should have been paying closer attention to driving. I'm sorry." What is the other motorist likely to do in response, according to the authors of your text

Become less angry about the event

Explanation:

Sometimes some conflicts can be easily resolved when there is an understanding between parties involved. What both parties consider is their relationship going forward, if there is a great disagreement and it resolves to not solving the problem, then its as good as the problem was and has not been solved, sometimes it's good to have an understanding of the situation and withdraw anger and plan ways to forgive each other, depending on who's is offended and who offended the other