Road rage has become a topic of concern over the past few decades, and for good reason.
The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety is responsible for investigating police reports and newspaper stories about traffic accidents that led to violence.
The foundation analyzed 10,037 police reports and found that “road rage” contributed to 218 deaths and 12,610 injuries between 1990 and 1996.
Even worse, the foundation has seen road rage incidents increase on average of 7% per year.
Psychologist have been studying what makes some people more prone to road rage and how to keep them from becoming a danger on the road.
Research has shown that young males are most likely to engage in road rage.
Environmental factors such as crowded roads have also been found to boost anger behind the wheel.
Certain psychological factors including displaced anger and high life stress are also contributing factors.