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Road rage can include: [5] Shouting, excessive use of a horn or obscene gestures and threats. Actions such as cutting off another vehicle, driving closely, blocking another vehicle so that it can not use a traffic lane, brake checking, chasing another vehicle or running it off the road, or deliberately slamming into a vehicle.
In the UK, Road Drivers offers a basic definition of aggressive driving: Aggressive driving: The use of a motor vehicle in a deliberate and aggressive manner that is likely to endanger life by increasing the risk of a collision". This behaviour is usually motivated by impatience, annoyance, hostility or an attempt to save time. —
Road rage is another example of displaced aggression; the American Psychological Association states that factors such as crowded roads can boost anger behind the wheel causing displaced anger. [20] Traffic on the roads can cause people to take their aggression out on uninvolved drivers.
Road rage incidents with a gun per 100K residents: 1.10 Accidents with fatalities due to aggressive and/or careless driving per 100K residents: 5.24 Percentage of accidents due to aggressive and ...
A single mother suffered a serious head injury and broken bones after being body-slammed head-first by a brute during a shocking road-rage attack — with the whole thing caught on video.
As demand approaches the capacity of a road (or of the intersections along the road), extreme traffic congestion sets in. When vehicles are fully stopped for periods of time, this is known as a traffic jam [3] [4] or (informally) a traffic snarl-up [5] [6] or a tailback. [7] Drivers can become frustrated and engage in road rage. Drivers and ...
The Southern state ranked 42nd in personal and residential safety and 46th for road safety in WalletHub's report. For financial safety and emergency preparedness, it ranked 32nd and 33rd ...
At 00:45 a.m. on December 25, 2024, Christmas Day, a car was driven into four pedestrians along the wrong side of the road of Shaftesbury Avenue, Soho in Westminster, London, England, with one pedestrian left in critical condition. [135] 2025 Nelson, New Zealand.