road rage

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road rage

Violent behavior exhibited by drivers in traffic, often as a manifestation of stress.

A situation in which an angered driver or passenger attempts to kill, injure or intimidate a pedestrian or another driver or passenger or damage another’s vehicle, as consequence of a perceived transgression by another driver or, less commonly, by a pedestrian

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Usually road rage is triggered by a specific event like frequent traffic jams, over crowded roads, driving the wrong way, taking illegal turns, defective traffic signals, sudden restrictions because of VIP movement, bottlenecks due to illegal parking of vehicles by roadside, poor conditions of roads, potholes, oversized road humps, ubiquitous beggars/hawkers at traffic signals.

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Conventional thinking on road rage indicates that the vast majority of those who deliberately act in an aggressive manner on the roads vent due to the careless driving of others.

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'Predator' lorry driver found guilty of road rage murder

Despite the cases of road rage going up in the last three years, the Delhi Police still do not keep separate accounts of these incidents.

ROAD RAGE HAS DELHI COPS IN FIX

Table: Road rage behaviors, experiences and involvement in accidents by vehicle type.

Road rage and road side accidents involvement in commercial vehicle drivers of Karachi

"Road rage," says Nazanin Sadegh Pour, psychologist at the Human Relations Institute in Dubai.

Don't let road rage get you

Over a fifth (21%) of road rage sufferers have argued with another motorist because of road rage while 36% admitted it makes them drive more aggressively.

New research by Admiral finds that motorists are seeing red behind the wheel

The new system, which will be limited to highways with no oncoming traffic and no pedestrians, will come as good news to those commuters who have been victims of or are susceptible to road rage on Omani roads due to the stressful traffic situations.

New tech to help steer clear of traffic snarls

18 -- Swami Vivekanand College of Science and Technology Bhopal and PR Solution organized a "YUVA TALK SHOW" programme on Role of Youth in Managing Road Rage Vis - a - Vis Controlling death due to road accidents.

SVCST and PR Solution Presents Yuva Talk Show on Role of Youth in Managing Road Rage

Scotland came out worst for road rage overall with 104,000 out of 2.6 million drivers (4%) caught up in motoring incidents.

Road rage is on the increase

ROAD rage is soaring with hundreds of thousands of motorists saying they've been deliberately RAMMED.