Three Characteristics Of Road Rage

For most commuters, driving had become a daily occurrence. According to the American Safety Council, approximately fifty-six percent of men and forty four percent of women report of having road rage on a daily basis (Safemotorist.com). Road Rage is defined as anger and aggressive behavior by a driver who is upset by how another person is driving (Merriam-Webster). Most of the time, it is easy to spot out these aggressive drivers by their driving characteristics, but when it comes to the road, these angry drivers can become hard to avoid. But having the ability to notice the three characteristics of road rage can help, they are anger, anxiety, and impulse (Gaille, 2014).
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Delanie Strykul and her friend were driving along the road when they began to notice a car tailgating them and cutting them off. In rage, Delanie began to honk, flip the women off, and screamed out the window; asking if the woman, whom was recklessly driving around them, could ‘pay attention to the road.’ The women, Delrdre Orozco, decided at that moment, she was going to pull these women over and claim she was a sheriff and that the two women were going to be arrested. (Rossen and
Although most of the road rage scenarios given could have been avoided, there are precautions that could be taken in order to avoid them all together. It’s a simple solution, but often times, especially in the heat of the moment, can be hard to overcome. As a driver at the receding end of road rage, one must face the ability to remain calm. That would entail, no cutting each other off like a game of cat and mouse as the young driver did. Or even arguing/ screaming out like mothers tend to with their small children present. While certainly the need for avoiding gestures, that would tell the other person to bleep off, like Delanie did. All of the factors could potentially stop a bad situation from going to