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Two drivers emerging from their cars to express anger at a road situation. Road rage is aggressive or angry behavior exhibited by people driving a vehicle. These behaviors include rude and verbal insults, yelling, physical threats or dangerous driving methods targeted at other drivers, pedestrians or cyclists in an effort to intimidate or release frustration.
Aggressive driving also negatively impacts the environment as it burns 37% more fuel and produces more toxic fumes. [6] Aggressive driving (abrupt acceleration and frequent slamming on of the brakes) also emits more carbon than a calmer approach. Calm driving would save nearly half a billion tonnes of carbon dioxide by 2050 in China alone. [5]
"Vehicle ramming attacks have the ability to further democratize terrorism as a successful attack that merely requires a willingness to kill and can be completed by only one actor," he concluded ...
Traffic psychology is a discipline of psychology that studies the relationship between psychological processes and the behavior of road users. In general, traffic psychology aims to apply theoretical aspects of psychology in order to improve traffic mobility by helping to develop and apply crash countermeasures, as well as by guiding desired behaviors through education and the motivation of ...
The Pennsylvania State Police, along with more than 300 local municipal agencies, are joining forces to help curb aggressive driving across the state.
Defensive driving courses focus on boosting driving skills and preventing accidents by preparing you for hazards and teaching you how to react quickly. They can be taken online or in-person.
An example would be where the tailgating driver (the driver in the following vehicle) threatens damage to the leading vehicle and its occupants by driving aggressively – perhaps also with use of headlights and horn – to coerce the leading vehicle's driver into getting out of the way.
There are more ways than ever to find out if your car or truck has a safety recall that needs a fix. Here's how to stay up-to-date.