AbstractBackgroundWhile concerns about road rage have grown over the past decade, states have made it easier for motorists to carry firearms in their vehicles. Are motorists with guns in the car more or less likely to engage in hostile and aggressive behavior?MethodsData come from a 2004 national random digit dial survey of over 2400 licensed drivers. Respondents were asked whether, in the past year, they (1) made obscene or rude gestures at another motorist, (2) aggressively followed another vehicle too closely, and (3) were victims of such hostile behaviors.ResultsSeventeen percent admitted making obscene or rude gestures, and 9% had aggressively followed too closely. Forty-six percent reported victimization by each of these behaviors in the past year. Males, young adults, binge drinkers, those who do not believe most people can be trusted, those ever arrested for a non-traffic violation, and motorists who had been in a vehicle in which there was a gun were more likely to engage in such forms of road rage.ConclusionSimilar to a survey of Arizona motorists, in our survey, riding with a firearm in the vehicle was a marker for aggressive and dangerous driver behavior.


    Access

    Check access

    Check availability in my library

    Order at Subito €


    Export, share and cite



    Title :

    Is an armed society a polite society? Guns and road rage


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    2005-12-16


    Size :

    9 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




    'Road rage' in Arizona: armed and dangerous

    Miller, Matthew | Online Contents | 2002


    Remedies for road rage

    British Library Online Contents | 2002


    ROAD RAGE DETECTING SYSTEM

    HORIUCHI YUICHI / OTSUKA TAKUMI | European Patent Office | 2021

    Free access

    Road rage monitoring intervention device

    CHENG GUOZHU / KE PENGYU / LI SHANSHAN et al. | European Patent Office | 2023

    Free access

    Road Rage Among Professional Drivers

    Smart, R. G. / Stoduto, G. / Mann, R. E. et al. | British Library Conference Proceedings | 2007