Road_Rage

Road Rage Road Rage What is causing people to act out in violence towards one another when poor judgment is used on the nation’s highways' Drivers of today experience a daily lesson in defensive driving while trying to maintain a polite reserved attitude. When careless drivers cut someone off, the “normal” reaction is to honk the horn, flash the lights, and in some cases, flip the old faithful finger. Nowadays, there are an alarming number of violent retort towards tailgaters and otherwise reckless drivers. The major cause of road rage stems from traffic congestion, and the lack of people’s patience. With the population growing at a faster rate than our roadways, major traffic jams are more frequent. This in itself is a big stressor. When this is accompanying a driver with the typical overstressed day, patience begins to fade rapidly and tensions may rise beyond control. This is the birth of road rage. Cases of road rage are reported not only nationwide, but also worldwide. Dominic Connell, a psychologist with the Automobile Association (AA) in Britain and author of a 1995 study titled “Road Rage,” states, “It is very difficult to communicate with someone in another car.” road, rage, driving, drivers, traffic, each, driver, children, people, parents, out, actions, stop, just, another, aggressive, violent, violence, vehicle, truck, states, says, must, major, incident, highways, good, front, driver’s, becoming, while, washington, video, victims, towards