Road Rage

Objective: To investigate the impact of road safety practices (RSP) by the drivers and its relation to the general public health and safety.
Methodology: This survey comprised of 475 drivers from the three cities i.e. Gilgit, Skardu, and Chilas with the help of quota sampling technique. Illiterate drivers were interviewed face-to-face while the educated drivers were handed over questionnaires for self-filling. Both descriptive and
inferential statistics were used as data analysis to see the frequencies and the association between selected variables through SPSS version 21.
Results: Majority of drivers had no proper driving knowledge; they observed negative attitudes toward traffic rules and regulation. Such attitudes of the drivers are a greater threat to the public health and safety. The inferential statistics also showed a positive correlation between selected variables such as RSP and road traffic accidents (RTAs) in GB.
Conclusion: RTAs are not only threat to the drivers but also affect the general public safety and health. The government of GB should impose strict restrictions on the drivers to control this menace for the sake of general public health and safety.

The study was to explore the influence of choice of transportation means and locus of control on road aggression. Three phenomena are explored: active aggression (aggressive behavior on the road), driving anger (emotion caused by others' behavior) and risky driving. Risky driving is the lowest among people who alternate between public and private transportation. The latter have also the lowest level of active aggression, despite a high level of anger while driving. People alternating between a car and a bike display the lowest level of driving anger. Women express higher levels of anger while driving, while men are more prone to active aggression and risky driving. Locus of control is connected with anger while driving.

Road aggression – an underestimated hazard
This article presents a topic rarely undertaken in Polish writing, namely
driving aggression in its three dimensions: aggressive driving, anger while
driving and road rage. The scale of the phenomenon in Poland and in the
world is presented, as well as an array of the factors, both individual and
environmental, responsible for the level of aggression. Preventive techniques
aimed at reducing anger and mitigating difficult situations on the road are
also discussed.

The question whether we show anger while driving because we get angry behind the wheel merely generates discussion at all level. To shed light on this issue, we found out the relationship between trait anger and driving anger and modes of anger expression on and off the road common to both contexts (verbal, physical, displaced and adaptive) in a sample of 22 students selected from University of Karachi, Institute of Business Administration and NED university of Engineering and technology. With the aid of instruments for e.g., Driving Anger Scale, Driving Anger Expression Inventory and State Trait Anger Scale. we obtained that there is no relationship between trait anger and driving anger whereas weak positive correlation of 0.3 was observed between the anger expression and driving anger expression. The result was investigated through Pearson Product Correlation.

El objetivo de este estudio fue examinar las propiedades psicométricas del Driver Expression Inventory (DAX) para su uso en Argentina. Se aplicó la escala a 378 conductores (hombres=50.3%) con edades entre 18 y 77 años de la población general de Córdoba, Argentina. Mediante análisis factorial no restricto se identificaron cinco factores, congruentes con los propuestos en la escala original. Los índices de consistencia interna fueron satisfactorios para todos los factores (α=.78-.85). Asimismo, se correlacionaron las dimensiones del DAX con medidas de ira y de comportamiento en la conducción, encontrándose relaciones significativas y coherentes en términos teóricos, obteniéndose así evidencia concurrente. Finalmente, por medio de análisis de regresión jerárquica se obtuvo evidencia de validez incremental del DAX. En conjunto, los resultados avalan la validez y fiabilidad del DAX para su utilización en el contexto Argentino, aunque se requieren de nuevos estudios que analicen propiedades psicométricas adicionales.

India accounts for one of the highest proportions of road traffic fatalities in the world. Apart from vehicular malfunction, road rage has also become a severe concern and cause of road traffic accidents (RTAs). The objective of this study was to understand the causes of road rage among the north-Indian drivers and develop stems (driving situations) for the development of a new road rage assessing tool using the situational judgment test method called Road Awareness and General Evaluation (RAGE). This study involved mixed-method analysis and was completed in three phases. In Phase-I, a preliminary survey was conducted on (N=80) daily commuters from a higher education institution of Haryana, to understand the medium, frequency, and encounters of road rage. The majority of drivers reported a high frequency of RTAs. In Phase-II, Drivers (N=20) who agreed to have participated in any road rage incident were called for FGDs to gain more in-depth insight into their perception of road rage. Multiple themes emerged from the narrations depicting the idea of road rage among drivers themes. In Phase-III, stems of SJT were constructed using a self-made formula and were sent to subject matter experts (N=14) to determine the effectiveness of the stems to be used to assess the propensity of road rage. 22 stems were modified and 8 were retained. In Phase-IV, 240 responses were constructed and sent to SMEs for review. Factors of road rage were categorised into four domains. Descriptive statistics were calculated for the data obtained from SME. After incorporating the suggestions of SMEs, all the stems initially constructed were satisfactorily retained. All components of the assessment tool were completed. Limitations and future scope of the findings of this study are discussed.

When a Delhi judge sentenced the son of a Haryana-based industrialist to two years’ imprisonment on Saturday for mowing down a motorcyclist with his luxury car in 2008, he couldn’t help but observe how present-day laws provide more stringent punishment to perpetrators of cattle-related crimes than errant drivers who take human lives.
BHARAT MATA KI JAI!
It is reproduction of a judgement of a senior Delhi Judge where latter's anguish is to be read and believed.
Courtesy Hindustan Times.

Driving on Indian roads is a stressful experience. A lacuna of research on aggressive driving experiences in the Indian set-up highlights the need to address this growing concern for individuals, society and mental health professionals. To explore and compare driving-related anger triggers and anger expression among high- and low-angry Indian drivers. Two hundred randomly chosen drivers from the city of Delhi were administered a semi-structured questionnaire intended to understand driving-related aggression. Honking, overtaking from the wrong side, loud music in other cars and hot and humid climate significantly increased the risk of experiencing anger among high-angry drivers. High-angry drivers were significantly more likely to engage in direct and aggressive expression of anger, including overtaking, verbal abuse, yelling and arguing, not giving space to other drivers, fighting, and hitting and bumping other cars in protest. Passive anger expressions such as holding grudges against other drivers and eating or drinking something to cool down were significantly more likely to be used by low-angry drivers. Drivers who are high on anger have a significantly higher risk of experiencing anger triggered by a variety of individual and environmental factors on Indian roads and are more susceptible to engage in aggressive driving behaviour.