Road rage-provoking situations are closely related to external road environment and physical and psychological conditions of the drivers themselves, which may easily cause aggressive and risky driving behaviors. Common factors such as external road environment of complex topography on mountainous highways, road traffic risk factors like sharp turns, continuous long downhills, multi-tunnel sections and dangerous roadside environment are closely related to road rage-provoking situations. Considering the complex geological environment of mountainous highways, this paper aims to investigate road rage-provoking situations on mountainous highways, and compare them to those on non-mountainous highways. On mountainous highways, the majority of the drivers (70%) are easily enraged when flashed by high beams of cars traveling in the opposite direction. Moreover, female drivers generally have better psychological states and higher endurance than male drivers in most of the situations.


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    Title :

    Exploring Road Rage-Provoking Situations on Mountainous and Non-Mountainous Highways in China


    Contributors:
    Jiang, Li (author) / Wen, Huiying (author) / Xue, Gang (author) / Zhang, Yonggang (author)

    Conference:

    22nd COTA International Conference of Transportation Professionals ; 2022 ; Changsha, Hunan Province, China


    Published in:

    CICTP 2022 ; 1715-1724


    Publication date :

    2022-09-08




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English