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    This document discusses road rage and aggressive driving behaviors. It provides statistics showing that 86% of Victorian drivers admit to aggressive driving behaviors. Road rage incidents reported in Australia increased 85% from 2012 to 2017. Minor acts of road rage include tailgating, honking, and making obscene gestures. More severe acts include assaulting other drivers or attempting to force them off the road. Factors that can contribute to road rage include stress, heavy traffic, interpretations of other drivers' actions, and anonymity in vehicles. The document provides tips for avoiding road rage such as considering other perspectives and staying calm.

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    This document discusses road rage and aggressive driving behaviors. It provides statistics showing that 86% of Victorian drivers admit to aggressive driving behaviors. Road rage incidents reported in Australia increased 85% from 2012 to 2017. Minor acts of road rage include tailgating, honking, and making obscene gestures. More severe acts include assaulting other drivers or attempting to force them off the road. Factors that can contribute to road rage include stress, heavy traffic, interpretations of other drivers' actions, and anonymity in vehicles. The document provides tips for avoiding road rage such as considering other perspectives and staying calm.

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    Road-Rage QuickFact V4

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    Imran Khan
    This document discusses road rage and aggressive driving behaviors. It provides statistics showing that 86% of Victorian drivers admit to aggressive driving behaviors. Road rage incidents reported in Australia increased 85% from 2012 to 2017. Minor acts of road rage include tailgating, honking, and making obscene gestures. More severe acts include assaulting other drivers or attempting to force them off the road. Factors that can contribute to road rage include stress, heavy traffic, interpretations of other drivers' actions, and anonymity in vehicles. The document provides tips for avoiding road rage such as considering other perspectives and staying calm.

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    NRSPP

    national road safety

    QUICK FACTS
    PARTNERSHIP
    progr am

    ROAD RAGE
    NRSPP
    national road safety

    Nowhere is anger less 86% of Victorian MINOR ACTS OF RAGE

    helpful, more common, and PARTNERSHIP


    drivers admit • Shouting abuse
    potentially more dangerous progr am
    to aggressive
    • Making obscene gestures
    than when we are behind driving behaviour
    the wheel of a car (Monash Study) • Flicking lights on and off to
    get other drivers to move
    out of the way
    There was an 85% increase in
    • Deliberately braking or
    road rage assaults reported slowing suddenly to irritate
    between 2012 and 2017 or impede others

    • Giving a prolonged blast of


    the horn deliberately

    • Driving too closely behind


    another vehicle (tailgating)

    • Pursuing another vehicle

    • Deliberately swerving in
    front of another vehicle

    How to avoid road rage The risk of a crash • Trying to run another
    increases nearly vehicle off the road
    • Watch out for the illusion of control
    tenfold when drivers • Attempting to stop another
    • Consider other drivers might not be
    malicious
    are observably sad, vehicle

    • Avoid blame and punishment, and


    crying, angry or
    • Deliberately bumping
    be forgiving emotionally agitated another vehicle
    • Let go of the struggle
    • Getting out and
    • Slow down, breather, and speak to
    yourself in a calm, reassuring voice
    What causes road rage? approaching another road
    user
    • Focus your attention on safe and
    calm driving • Person-related factors such as age, gender, beliefs,
    or mood • Damaging or attempting to
    damage a vehicle
    • Contextual stressors such as heavy traffic, time
    pressures, road works, or hot temperatures
    • Assaulting or attempting to
    • Interpretations of the incident: for example, assault another road user
    personalising, catastrophizing, overgeneralising, (ie. pedestrians, cyclists and
    standard violations other drivers).
    • The anonymity we feel in the car
    • Inability to communicate in another way SEVERE ACTS OF RAGE
    Source:
    https://vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2016/02/022316-vtti-researchdistraction.html
    https://research.qut.edu.au/carrsq/wp-content/uploads/sites/45/2017/04/Aggressive-Driving-screen.pdf
    https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0191886914002426
    https://theconversation.com/road-rage-why-normal-people-become-harmful-on-the-roads-60845
    https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/melbournes-road-rage-hotspots-revealed-as-rate-of-assaults-
    in-victoria-doubles-20170727-gxjuhd.html
    http://www.news.com.au/technology/innovation/motoring/almost-90-per-cent-of-victorian-drivers-admit-
    to-being-aggressive-on-the-road/news-story/486c4d09c50db51e0bce7ad3285f0d14

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