do y'all get road rage? (page 3)

Panda

Road rage? Not since ... well that was a long time ago, and the jury found me not guilty by reason of instantaneous regression to the mind state of neanderthal ... and hey those people are still alive ...hey they have feeding tubes and nurses, it's not like they didn't deserve it.

Otherwise my answer is no.

NEWWORLDSLACKER

do y'all get road rage?

No . I dont get mad , I get even . I have the truck to prove it .
NwS

plmkrzy

Road Rage.... Me?.....naw.....


Road rage is at record levels in the United States (US). Research by the American Automobile Association (AAA) (conduct ed by Lou Mizell and Company) has shown that drivers are as likely to carry spare bullets in their vehicles, as spare tyres. According to Mizell, "what used to be just two people screaming at each other is now one person losing it and pulling the trigger". The AAA's report, "Aggressive Driving" (or "road rage" as it is more commonly known in Europe) looks into the statistics of, and the causes for, road rage in the US, where an average of at least 1,500 men, women and children are injured or killed each year as a result of aggressive driving. For the purposes of the study, aggressive driving was defined as "an incident in which an angry or impatient motorist or passenger intentionally kills or injures another motorist, passenger, or pedestrian, (or attempts to), in response to a traffic dispute, altercation, or grievance". Mizell and his colleagues examined 10,037 reported incidents of aggressive driving from newspapers, police records and insurance claims to form the basis of their research. In Seattle, Wash-ington, Terrance Milton Hall, aged 57, shot and killed Steven Burgess, a 21-year-old college student because he could not disarm his jeep's noisy burglar alarm. Another case involved two middle-aged men who antagonised each other for several miles along a stretch of motorway, and then pulled over onto a minor road. One of the drivers took a crossbow from his boot and murdered the other with a razor-sharp 29-inch arrow. These are just two examples of the type of incident they looked into. Profiling an aggressive driver The data collated seems to indicate that there is no single profile of the so-called "aggressive driver". Although the majority of the perpetrators are between the ages of 18 and 26, the research also records hundreds of incidents in which the perpetrator was 26 to 50 years old. However, the majority of aggressive drivers are relatively young, relatively poorly educated males, who have criminal re-		cords, histories of violence, and drug or alcohol problems. Many have recently experienced an emotional or professional s etback. Possibly more surprising, are the hundreds of aggressive drivers who are successful men and women, with none of the social problems of the above group. These people are often described by friends or neighbours as "a wonderful father" or "the nicest man". In America, today's aggressive driver could in fact come from any background, be any age, any religion and be male or female: it is very difficult, if not impossible to profile a typical "aggressive driver". The report tries to identify the reasons given for violent disputes, and some of the most common reasons given include the following "It was an argument over a parking space"; "She wouldn't let me pass"; "He hit my car"; "He was driving too slowly"; "She kept crossing lanes without signalling - maybe I over-reacted but it taught her a lesson". The study points out that the so-called reasons cited are in fact "triggers": while the event that sparks the incident may be trivial, in every case, some reservoir of anger, hostility, or frustration exists which is released by the triggering incident. In nearly half of the incidents examined, the perpetrator used a weapon such as a firearm, knife or their own fist. In 35% of the cases the vehicle itself became the weapon used in the attack. Domestic violence plays a surprisingly large role in aggressive driving. Of the 10,038 incidents looked into, at least 322 were incidents of this nature. An average of 38 violent traffic incidents each year are the result of racism and hate. Another increasing problem is the number of motorists who use their vehicles as weapons, crashing through offices, houses, hotels and other property. Worse still are the many cases where angry drivers have driven their cars into a crowd of people.
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SLOAN

awwww Brum!!

jayhawk1

Road rage is one reason I work nights. I can't stand traffic so the hours I work at least I don't have to deal with afternoon rush hour.

SanFranciscoJim

Yes, I do get enraged at the thoughtlessness and rudeness of many drivers.

I regularly visit this site: http://roadragers.com/index.shtml

morty

I use to,till..................I started to drive a school bus.....You would not belive the drivers on our roads today...I have had drivers run my stop signs,pass me flipping me the bird because I had to stop to let children off,pass me honking their horn because I am too busy doing the speed limit...Not to mention I have 65 kids on board that I am responsable for.....I literially had a fella get out of his car,come up to window while I was dropping off children and ask me,if I could have at least wanted till he passed before I dropped them off..." I have corn to deliver ya know" "I have a dead line ya know"..These were his comments to me....You have know idea how much I wanted to hop off my bus and kick the living sh** out of him.....This is what I said to him...."Well ya know what!" I have 60 kids on board that dont have a DEAD LINE and I would like to keep it that way!He did not have anything to say after that.....My point being the next time you see a school bus on the roads, just remember it is a thankless job and it much more of a responsabilty then you think....WE have your YOUR children to get home safe,and thats why I follow ALL the rules of the roads.........

edited to say......hubby drives big rig and gets pissed at 4 wheelers who have road rage as well............were just doing our jobs...... Truck Driver 2

Mortons68

Undecided

I respect school bus drivers because I drove one when I was 16 years old back in my school days. I sometimes don't like big rig truck drivers when they are too agressive, like pull out in front of me so I have to slow down or almost stop to let them cross the road. I don't get angry though. It takes a lot to get me angry, in fact I can only remember two or three times in my life.

Ken P.

Phantom Stranger

I used to get road rage.

I was in a seminar and the facilitator asked, "Who gets stressed out in traffic?" I expected everyone to raise their hand. Most did, but not all. The facilitator pointed out, "Notice that it's not universal. That means the stress is not inherent in the traffic - or else everyone weould feel it. You are the one that brings the stress - it's your response! And if it was an impossible response to avoid, they'd be stressed too!"

Ever since that day I've noticed whenever I start to get angry, and I rein it in.I wasn't put on the planet to tell other people how they ought to drive - in fact, I'm pretty sure that I'm not here to enforce, correct, or hold people accountable without their consent.

Now I just ask myself, "Remember that stupid thing that I did in a car? I'm so glad that bonehead move didn't get anyone hurt. I sure learned from that - hopefully they will too."

maxwell

I used to let traffic stress me, but one day I decided it wasn't important as long as I get where I want to go safely. I never flipped anyone off in my car. But after I started riding my bicycle a lot, I did flip one driver off once after they honked. Now I would never even do that. I may be right, but I'd rather not be dead right and since most of the people I share the street with are driving 2-ton+ machines that can be instantly converted into deadly weapons, I just ride as safely as possible. I've never actually seen someone get out of their car, but I've seen a guy start flipping the bird so wildly over and over again that it really appeared that he had lost it. A person who has gone raving mad can be very dangerous, but I think in any confrontation between a raving mad person and someone who chooses to stay calm and handle things rationally, the calm person will usually come out better.

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