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Yelling, physical altercations and sometimes, although it’s hard to believe, even murder. What is this aggressive, violent behavior? It’s road rage and here are some interesting (and frightening) facts from La Habra about this epidemic, which is prevalent here in La Habra, CA and all over the rest of the country.
During the 1990s, people began using the words “aggressive driving” to describe dangerous behavior on the road. Eventually, extremely aggressive driving became known as “road rage” after the phenomenon was chronicled in several forms of national media.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) says road rage is when a driver "commits moving traffic offenses so as to endanger other persons or property; an assault with a motor vehicle or other dangerous weapon by the operator or passenger of one motor vehicle on the operator or passenger of another motor vehicle."
In 1990, the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety studied more than 10,000 traffic accidents associated with violence. Over a seven-year period, the foundation found that 12,500 injuries were linked to violent acts, and that number has increased seven percent per year.
Behaviors associated with aggressive driving include:
Aggressive driving has become a major epidemic on our roadways. According to NHTSA, 94% of all traffic accidents are from driver error and 33% of these are linked to behavior common to road rage. Fatal accidents that involve enraged drivers has increased nearly ten-fold since 2004.
Do you regularly drive over the speed limit, tailgate, honk your horn excessively, use obscene gestures or yell while driving? If you are susceptible to road rage, consider taking steps to stop this behavior before it escalates out of control.
5 reasons road rage is on the rise:
5 ways to handle road rage:
Whether it’s your road rage or someone else’s, learning to deal with aggressive driving will help everyone be safer on the road. We at Sharper Image Collision - La Habra encourages everyone to drive safely, and to watch out of any incidents of road rage.
Sources: NHTSA, AAA and AARP