EXAMINING ROAD RAGE/AGGRESSIVE DRIVING: MEDIA DEPICTION AND PREVENTION SUGGESTIONS

Anecdotal data on road rage/aggressive driving implies that most people who drive could be involved and affected by such emotions. As victims, witnesses, perpetrators, or protectors, many drivers are confronted with at least some type of aggression or violence on the highways. Despite inconsistent definitions and subsequent questionable measurements of road rage/aggressive driving, formal social control efforts aimed at problematic drivers seem to be the preferred method for prevention. The study described in this paper used newspaper accounts for issue identification regarding the proposed causes of road rage/aggressive driving. It was found that personal/individual factors are more often noted than environmental cues regarding the causes of road rage. In contrast to the more popular crime control approach, a nontraditional application of crime prevention through environmental design, which focuses on traffic facilitation, is offered to deal with the problem of violent and aggressive drivers.

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Authors:
- Burns, R G
- Katovich, M A
Publication Date: 2003-9

Language

English

Media Info

Pagination: p. 621-636
Serial:
- Environment and Behavior
- Volume: 35
- Issue Number: 5
- Publisher: Sage Publications, Incorporated
- ISSN: 0013-9165
- EISSN: 1552-390X
- Serial URL: http://eab.sagepub.com/

Subject/Index Terms

TRT Terms: Aggression; Automobile drivers; Automobile driving; Behavior; Crash causes; High risk drivers; Human factors; Road rage; Traffic violators
Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

Accession Number: 00964519
Record Type: Publication
Files: TRIS
Created Date: Oct 11 2003 12:00AM