The incidence of road rage has skyrocketed over the last two or three decades. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration found an increased incidence of serious incidents of 51% from 1990 to 1996. A national survey reported that 60% of motorists believe aggressive driving by others is a significant threat to their safety and their family’s safety on the highway. In another survey, 75% of people surveyed believe it is very important to curb the number of road rage incidents.


What leads to rage? Aggressive driving is a description of dangerous behaviors on the highway. Aggressive driving is described as driving at high speeds, weaving through traffic, following too closely behind another car, running stop signs, cutting people off in traffic, and other aggressive acts. This aggressive driving can escalate into screaming, name-calling, anger, rage, yelling at another driver, confrontation, physical assault, injury, and murder. Road rage occurs when aggressive driving escalates to violence.

Conclusion


All these preventions are good but until Americans are able to control their flat screen use and change how they live their lives; road rage will keep getting worse. Technology and the addiction to flat screens are not going to diminish in the future. It is only going to get worse as technology advances. We will keep overloading our minds even further. Stress will continue to erode our margins further and confrontations will continue to be a larger and larger problem. America needs to wake up to what is happening to the culture and society in America.

Dr. James E. Croley III is a respected eye surgeon and a Christian. He is the author of two books, Believing is Seeing and The Blinding of America. Order copies for your family and friends today.