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Road rage is aggressive or angry behavior exhibited by motorists. These behaviors include rude and verbal insults, yelling, physical threats or dangerous driving methods targeted at other drivers, pedestrians or cyclists in an effort to intimidate or release frustration. Road rage can lead to altercations, damage to property, assaults, and ...
Jun 28, 2023 · Last month, Quebec provincial police arrested two people after an alleged road rage incident in the Montreal suburb of St-Eustache, Que., that left two others seriously injured. In another road ...
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Feb 7, 2024 · At its core, road rage is a volatile blend of anger, stress, and aggression that takes control behind the wheel. The triggers for road rage can range from traffic congestion and discourteous driving to personal stressors that spill onto the road. It’s important to understand that road rage isn’t limited to a single type of action or ...
- Reasons We Feel Road Rage
- Risks of Road Rage
- How to Manage Road Rage
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Inside our cars, it's easy to feel isolated from the world and forget that there are other people with different priorities. That can cause us to be far less polite to one another while driving than we would be if we met in person and had to face each other on a more personal level. This phenomenon is similar to how people may interact with much mo...
Road rage and hostile driving may be common, but that doesn't make it safe. Road rage may make us more prone to accidents, but there are other risks as well. People experiencing road rage may face increased health risks that come from high levels of stress, tension, and anger. These episodes of acute stress may become chronic stress, which leads to...
Fortunately, there are some things you can do to manage your anger and reduce the risk of experiencing road rage. If you struggle to stay calm during your commute, consider trying some of the following strategies.
Experiment with these techniques as well as other tension tamers. By practicing effective anger and stress management, you should find your driving time to be more pleasurable and your commutes safer, no matter what the other drivers on the road are doing.
- Elizabeth Scott, Phd
Feb 1, 2014 · Aggressive driving has become a topic of concern over the last few decades, and for good reason. In an analysis of 10,037 police reports and newspaper stories about traffic accidents that led to violence, the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety found “road rage” contributed to 218 deaths and 12,610 injuries between 1990 and 1996.
Jul 5, 2022 · Road rage can be managed with the help of traffic psychology. Catherine McQueen/Moment RF/Getty Images. CNN —. Drivers swerve erratically while on their phones or dart dangerously around other ...
Aug 27, 2024 · That’s because reported road-rage shootings have surged by over 400% in recent years according to the anti-gun violence website The Trace, with ticked-off drivers being responsible for shooting ...
