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Road rage is aggressive and angry behavior exhibited by motorists. 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 and release frustration. Road rage can lead to altercations, damage to property, assaults, and ...
Intermittent explosive disorder (sometimes abbreviated as IED, also referred to as episodic dyscontrol syndrome) is a behavioral disorder characterized by explosive outbursts of anger and/or violence, often to the point of rage, that are disproportionate to the situation at hand (e.g., impulsive shouting, screaming or excessive reprimanding triggered by relatively inconsequential events).
And worse than all that, a confrontation of words and gestures could turn violent or deadly. ... there were 240 gun-related road rage incidents in ... (6.3% vs. 2.8%), even after controlling for ...
In July of 2021, the South Carolina Department of Transportation recorded nearly 67,000 vehicles crossing in and out of town limits via Fording Island Road in a 24-hour period.
Road rage incidents with a gun per 100K residents: 1.10 Accidents with fatalities due to aggressive and/or careless driving per 100K residents: 5.24 Percentage of accidents due to aggressive and ...
The correlation between old age and driving has been a notable topic for many years. [1][2] In 2018, there were over 45 million licensed drivers in the United States over the age of 65—a 60% increase from 2000. [3] Driving is said to help older adults stay mobile and independent, but as their age increases the risk of potentially injuring ...
The state's road-rage score is 47.32, with statistics showing 0.52 road-rage incidents involving a gun per 100,000 residents, 11.55 fatal accidents, and 2.85 aggressive-driving or speeding ...
As demand approaches the capacity of a road (or of the intersections along the road), extreme traffic congestion sets in. When vehicles are fully stopped for periods of time, this is known as a traffic jam [2] [3] or (informally) a traffic snarl-up [4] [5] or a tailback. [6] Drivers can become frustrated and engage in road rage. Drivers and ...