by Susan Duclos, All News Pipeline:
Anyone else noticing a distinct increase of anger, hostility and downright nastiness in the people around us? Whether offline as in store workers, or co-workers, or neighbors, family members or just friends, acting weird. Even online, in chat forums, comment sections, social media, or any other place where people communicate, as in email, there seems to be “rage” everywhere.
We’ll start with road rage because of late there have been a number of recent reports.
• In 2023, 92% witnessed an act of road rage in the past year. (Source)
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• Nearly 8 in 10 drivers show aggressive driving behaviors. 78% of drivers have engaged in aggressive behavior on the road. Over half of all fatal crashes involve road rage types like tailgating, yelling, or honking. Two hundred eighteen murders and 12,610 injuries were attributed to road rage in a seven-year period. Running late is the top reason for aggressive driving (Source)
• Drivers reported experiencing road rage most frequently on city streets (29.18%), on freeways or highways (26.59%) and in parking lots (14.9%). (Source)
• The top reasons given for road rages are heavy Traffic, already stressed, running late, already angry, and feeling tired. (Source)
Recent reports include the following headlines.
Ohio: Man threatens woman with machete during road rage incident
Hillsborough man shot pregnant woman in road rage, Manatee deputies say
Photos show road rage suspect altered vehicle after deadly shooting, police say
Why is driving in Houston getting more dangerous?
NYC road rage saga comes to bloody end in ritzy Upper East Side after 17 miles
California man sentenced in road-rage killing of 6-year-old on his way to kindergarten
Man shot in ‘road rage’ incident in Bristol
Those were from the first two pages of search results and all from April and May 2024. There are more, but my point here is that rage on the road is increasing by the same amount that rage everywhere else is.
The anger is being seen in both the old and the young and in between.
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