'Road Rage' effects.

Kyoko Altman (July 18, 1997) in “‘Road Rage’ runs rampant in high-stress U.S. society”, explains about effects of road rage. In the present day, a lot of people have died from car accidents even right now. A more important thing is that over 50% of people who have been killed, have been killed because of road rage. Brenda Fraser said that a car on a highway is like a loaded gun. So every driver must think of other drivers, because if you don’t, it would cause a huge accident. Dr. Arnold Neremberg said that not only is road rage a mental disorder, but also every driver should recognize their problem. Most states in U.S. have been clamping down and giving road ragers punishment. I am going to write about why road rage comes. Road rage comes because of traffic jams, reckless driving and when we have to stop often.

First, road rage comes from traffic jams. For instance, when you drive at rush hour, you won’t move even a little bit. Then you will get angry. If you get angry, it would cause an accident. So you should solve your stress problem with other methods, but you shouldn’t release your stress on the road.

The second one is, road rage comes from reckless driving. For example if some driver drives violently around you, you will get stress, then you will also drive violently. So every driver has to have consideration for other drivers.

Finally, road rage comes when you have to stop often, because of traffic signal, railroad train or cross walks. For example, you are really in a hurry, but you have to stop so many places, after that you are stressed out. And you will not stop, or drive violently. It will definitely cause an accident to happen. So you should have time when you drive; never make haste.

Road rage has been killing us even now. For this reason, what we have to do is never solve stress problems by driving, drive violently or we need to make haste. If all drivers keep these things, accidents will decrease a lot.

Reference

Altman, K. (1997, July 18). ’Road Rage’ runs rampant in high stress U.S. society. CNN. Retrieved on January 29, 2008 from http://www.cnn.com/us/9707/18/aggressive.driving