Road Rage: Cracker Jack Boxes

     However congestion present on the road increases the number of these incidents. This anger that these ragers bring to our roadways cause accidents in which many cases turn out to be fatalities. When someone gets cut off while driving it shows the lack of responsibility they actually have. Stress is also related to these drivers who take out their anger on others. Such aggression involves shouting obscenities, and vulgar expressions that include the ever so popular

Distracted driving is a major problem on the roads today. Not only is distracted driving dangerous for the driver himself but also for other people who happen to be on the same roads as them. The Annual AAA Foundation traffic safety culture index reports that 81.1% of drivers believe distraction is a serious problem and is a behavior that makes them feel unsafe

Distracted driving has been the most recent cause of accidents on the road presently. Of course there are many other reasons why drivers get into accidents, but it is mainly because they get distracted. Police in El Cerrito, California even gave more than 600 citations in April to drivers for distracted driving violations (“El Cerrito”).Also,“nearly 6,000 people were killed and a half-million injured last year in the U.S. due to drivers being distracted”(“Distracted”).Distracted driving today causes many accidents through the use of technology, eating and drinking, and children in the backseat.

When it comes to the topic of distracted driving most of us will readily agree that distracted driving isn’t violence. Where this agreement usually ends, however, is on the question of whether or not distracted driving is violence. Where some are convinced that they are, other maintain that they are not. Technology is the most distracting item out on the streets, highway, parkway, etc. The Florida state made a law saying while texting and driving you will get a ticket, because they consider that as dangerous, or talking on the phone. Your eyes should be on the road at all times so you wouldn’t hurt anybody. Read more to figure out if distracted driving is violent or not.

WARNING!! There is currently a dangerous epidemic outbreak of accidents caused by distracted driving all across the United States. Many believe that this outbreak only affects teenagers. Although, according to The Texas Department of Transportation in 2015 there has been over 105,000 of these accidents deals with teenagers and adults as the driver due to distracted driving. Safe driving is described as a complex procedure that requires 100 percent of focus and concentration. While, distractive driving is defined as any time the driver takes their eyes off the road for even a split second due to any distraction. These distractions can range from eating to using any electronic device and even talking to others inside and outside the car. There are countless of cases after cases about drivers being distracted and getting into fatal car

“ Distracted driving kills” ( Distracted driving7). Distracted driving affects people of all ages but, “ our youngest and most inexperienced drivers are most at risk” ( Distracted driving7). This happens as soon as a person enters their vehicle and start to drive. Their eyes begin to go off the road which soon causes a head to head collision. Later on as technology improves and advances, cell phones have become the most common type of distracted driving such as eating or drinking or watching videos on their phone for an example, “ because text messaging requires visual, manual and conductive attention from the driver, it is by far the most alarm distraction” (Distracted driving 5). This shows that many are risking their life and others around

Road rage can be displayed using your vehicle by tailgating, cutting other drivers off, speeding, or by using hand gestures or using profanities. I possess road rage frequently. I usually speed past other drivers going well past the speed limit. If I am stopped at an intersection and the driver behind blows on their horn or tailgates me when the traffic light has just changed from red to green, I will spin my tires until a large cloud of white smoke engulfs their vehicle and causes them to lose visibility and they are forced to wait longer to go through the intersection. Distracted driving is a more common issue with all of the technology and gadgets that are available to us these days. Driving distracted can be classified as eating, texting, checking emails, reading, singing, changing radio stations, taking a selfie, snap chatting, changing a child's diaper, spanking a child, or applying makeup while driving. I tend to refrain from distracted driving. However, one of my friends was speeding on Highway 90 just outside of Rayne and he was adjusting his bass knob on his subwoofer while not paying attention to the

Southern California traffic can be very frustrating. I drive the freeway almost every day and the aggressiveness of other drivers has often left me feeling very angry. I can vividly remember a few months ago another driver was riding on my bumper, flashing his high beams, honking his horn. He then pulled in front of me, stopped his car, and got out of his car to confront me. While I decided not to jump out and escalate the confrontation, instead just changing lanes and leaving him standing in the fast lane, I found myself ruminating over the whole situation. I was able to stuff my anger holding myself back from doing what I really wanted to do, which was to jump out of my vehicle and get in his face. As I drove down the freeway I played

There's many other reasons for road accidents all over accident, like weather accidents, lack of driving skills from people, etc.. But texting and driving has been another major issue for everyone on the road. I even once knew someone

One thought that may come to mind is, “I can beat that guy” or “I am not letting him pass me.” This in theory is a start to Road Rage. You have just initiated a step of Road Rage that not only puts yourself in danger, but others as well. Following other driver’s actions is a primitive motive to enact in Road Rage. Whether it be, as stated above following another driver by speeding or potential racing to taking shortcuts, that speed up your driving process or taking the bike lane to get an edge and quicker route to your primary destination. Dr. Leon James and Dr. Diane Nahl say that, “One factor in road rage is our tendency to concentrate on ourselves while dismissing the communal aspect of driving. It's very easy to perceive another driver's actions in terms of how it affects us, which in turn makes it easy to transition into anger.” (Dr. L. James, Dr. D. Nahl, 2007, p.2) All of this is a cause of Road Rage which can easily be prevented. By simply following the standard traffic laws, such as staying away from a vehicle at a certain distance, or simply leaving earlier to arrive at your destination on time, knowing traffic might be a little crazier than normal. By not following these laws and doing as stated above, you can increase the amount of accidents, anger and also fear in yourself or other drivers. Imagine that on your way to that business meeting or dropping your kids off at school, you forget your daily morning coffee, so you runback inside and rush back out to your car. You are set to go when all of a sudden you back out of the driveway not realizing your surroundings due to being rushed because of the time. This is a prime example of many things that can lead to an accident. Right within your house limits. Most accidents will occur within a radius of 5 miles from your household. Although due to the higher speeds, an accident that

I believe these accidents are caused by people texting or talking on their phones, drug and alcohol affected drivers, defective vehicles or poor road quality. There is also a problem with influences from social media and movies.

One type of driver is the new driver. New drivers tend to drive very cautiously; they are always going the exact speed limit, sometimes breaking prematurely. New drivers are so inexperienced that they let their fears overcome and keep them from relaxing. When new drivers become relaxed and comfortable with driving is when they tend to become a threat to their selves and other drivers or pedestrians. They will start the distraction process while driving, such as blaring loud music, texting, taking selfies, and whatever juggling act people do these days. Ever since cell phones became popular the death

This topic was chosen because I would consider myself as having road rage. Most of the time I wouldn’t say it is road rage, it might I’m in good spirits and just want to talk out loud in my car. It really gets tense when I am on the way to work or late for an appointment. In other words, I know that road rage is not a disease but it is anger that can be controlled. For example, if you left the house for your appointment on time, there is a possibility that you would get to the appointed place of time sound and safe and of course happy. You are happy because when driver B crosses your path or changes lanes without indicating with his or her signals that your mind is in perfect peace because you are in a cruise control mood at a steady pace.

Comparatively, Deffenbacher, Filetti, Richards, Lynch, & Oetting (2003) examined participants who had risk profiles of high anger drivers (HP), who self-identified their anger behind the wheel as a personal problem. HP drivers were compared with low anger drivers (LNP) who self-reported not having a personal problem with driving anger. This research also identified another potentially important group of angry drivers. This group reported just as much anger behind the wheel as did HP drivers but did not identify driving anger as a personal problem (HNP). This group is important to take into consideration because HNP drivers identified the adaptive behaviors that minimize aggression problems- providing behaviors and processes that helped intervention for HP drivers.

The first article I looked at was “Driving Anger and Traffic Violations: Gender Differences by Gonzalez-Iglesias et al., (2012). This article gives us information on drivers various ages and the reasons in which why men were more likely to get into car accidents than women. The researchers conducted a qualitative survey in Spain on a sample of 541 drivers that was 53.9% females and 46.1% males who were aged 20-73 years old and all respondents had a driver’s license for at least two years prior to this study. This article was helpful to my research because it was very specific in how many people they had surveyed and both genders were almost equally surveyed. It was also helpful to my research because it did not just look at young drivers, it looked at older drivers as well, so that we have more knowledge of various drivers in general considering it is not only younger drivers who get into automobile accidents. This article also contributes to my research because it gives