- March 31, 2009
- Road Rage
Driving Us Mad: The Ten Worst Driving Habits Exposed
People spend a lot of time in their cars. Over two thirds of the working population travels to work by car and over a third of the country's households have 2 or more vehicles. The roads are seemingly getting busier by the day, with many people taking their car to the local shops rather than walking.
Get Your Hands Off Your Booze and Your Cell Phone
I'm surprised there aren't studies done about road rage and the use of cell phones. Cell phone users driving badly irritate me. I just want to pinch their little heads off. I've seen no road rage statistics, but I have seen comparisons between cell phone usage, drunken driving, and resulting accidents.
Hey Wimp Don't Honk After The Fact!
People who honk at you long after you have done something they disliked, are wimps, says Dr. Gary S. Goodman, sales, service, and success coach, and best-selling author of 12 books and the audio program, The Law of Large Numbers: How To Make Success Inevitable. What they're doing is technically illegal and unduly provocative, which could earn them a ticket or a shot in the honker, if some enraged motorist decides to get into a honk-a-thon with them, says this popular keynote speaker and radio and TV commentator.
Road rage is a motorist's uncontrolled anger that is usually provoked by another motorist's irritating act and is expressed in aggressive or violent behavior.
The origins of the phrase "Agression behind the wheel" can be traced back to when it appeared in an article in the Los Angeles Times. An example of its use in print in 1988 can be found in an article in the Florida's St. Petersburg Times, which reads: "A fit of 'road rage' has landed a man in jail, accused of shooting a woman passenger who's car had 'cut him off' on the highway.