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Road Rage

Adnan Ahmad

Introduction

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oad rage is an aggressive or angry behavior exhibited by vehicle drivers. Such nasty behavior includes rude and verbal insults, physical threats, or dangerous driving methods targeted toward another driver or cyclists in an impulsive effort to intimidate or discharge frustration. Road rage can lead to altercations, damage to property, assaults, and collisions that result in serious physical injuries or substantial loss, or even someone’s demise. Strategies include longhorn beeps, swerving, tailgating, creaking breaks, and attempting to brawl.

Aggressive driving has been and still is a problem on our roadways for a while, and it seems to be worsening with the passage of time. Incidents of screaming, rude gestures, and sometimes even violence are reported commonly on our roadways to the point where it has earned its own notorious name: road rage.

Most Common Forms of Road Rage

Everybody differs from each other as regards emotional stability and disposition. Hence, it’s hard to guess exactly how someone will react when they feel disrespected or annoyed on the road. Road rage is the demonstration of underlying aggression; the inability to control one and their emotions, making their behavior impulsive. Some of the most common observed factors and forms of road rage include:

· Yelling

· Aggression and arrogance

· A sense of competition in order to outwit others

· Unnecessary honking

· Tailgating

· Impulsive chasing the supposed wrongdoer

· Blocking traffic or preventing drivers from changing lanes

· Purposely cutting off other lines

· Deliberately ramming

· Speeding

· Weaving and pointing to instigate others

· Driving on sidewalk or media

Causes of Road Rage

The major factor of road rage is our inability to compose ourselves against a provoked scenario. Road rage is no more than an initial reaction, triggered by the rash or irresponsible behavior of others; it becomes even more pernicious when you feel it necessary to enact revenge for said behavior.

Factors that prompt us to embark on the road to road rage are as many as there are stars on the sky; count them if though art able to number them. However, some common causes are listed below:-

· Heavy traffic

It is the foremost factor that instigates intolerance and a subsequent constituent that leads towards aggressive behavior. Nobody enjoys waiting or sitting in traffic, impatient drivers most likely get frustrated sooner or later.

· Lack of Empathy

A sense of identification is what makes humanity stand different from the rest of the creatures. People on the road who lag empathy have no concern for their own lives or others. Empathy involves moral values and moral indicates a sense of right and wrong.

· Distracted Driving

Distracters are yet other contributory factors that thrust drivers into road rage. The most notable forms of distracters are the use of mobile phones, movies, eating, drinking or watching outside. Observing distracted drivers as they swerve, or otherwise drive unpredictably can be a frightening sight, which can result in anger directed toward the irresponsible driver. However, it is undesirable behavior rather you ought to compose yourself and behave like rational beings.

· Impatience

Impatient drivers are more likely to drive rashly and erratically, as they believe their appointments are more important than everyone else is on the road around them

“Speed thrills but kills.”

Preventive Measures

· Be Proactive

As the expression goes,” Haste makes wastes”. Habitual delay is one of the driving factors of unsafe driving. Keep yourself familiar and up to date as regards traffic reports for construction, traffic crashes, and other delays before leaving. Be sure to give yourself plenty of travel time to reach your destination so you don’t drive rashly or aggressively.

· Compose Yourself

When someone overtakes or drives irresponsibly it becomes your moral and religious obligation to compose yourself. Stabilize and control your emotions and react reasonably keeping in view your personal security and the people around you.

· Avoid Driving in the State of Hypertension

Don’t set out for rides while in a state of anger or frustration, if you do it will have adverse and overwhelming impacts on your safety. Don’t use driving as a sport to cool off if you are already angry.

· Don’t Tailgate

Avoid tailgate under all circumstances, even if the person in front of you is driving slowly in the fast lane, tailgating will accomplish nothing. At best, the driver will ignore you, at worst; the other driver will pay back in the same coin.

At least an untoward retaliation will be an outcome.

· Avoid Unnecessary Honking

So many instances have been witnessed and reported whereby a light honk might be warranted, but honking with an intention to tease or out of pure frustration is unproductive and irritating to everybody around you.

· Have Empathy

Since nobody can claim perfection, we all have some flaws and weaknesses because we are neither angels nor supernatural beings. In view, we should allow for human error or at least we need to develop a habit of tolerance. So don’t take everything so personally. Put you in their shoes — for instance, if somebody is driving swiftly, they may be in some emergency. There are always two sides to a story, so don’t be so quick to judge.

· Behave Rationally

Last but not least, always ponder on and justify your decisions before materializing them. Have patience and behave rationally. Do not follow your impulses blindly. We have been exalted from the rest of the all creatures of the Lord only due to our legacy of knowledge and reasoning faculty.

Conclusion

Above in view, it may be concluded we are not supposed to blame our destiny or others for our deeds. We have to admit and own our faults in order to ameliorate ourselves; because our actions and deeds entail some definite consequences. Why we always remain adamant even when logic speaks out loud and clear? In fact, most of us have developed and formed our individual personalities and we do not want to change our self rather we have a tendency of blaming others for our own mistakes.

We ought to compose ourselves as a measure to avoid road rage. It is our moral and social obligation to have patience. It is highly recommended and advisable to educate yourself, your siblings, and your peers on traffic and driving rules as far as its utility is concerned.

Lastly, act and behave rationally irrespective of others' rash or irresponsible driving. Do not involve yourself in some kind of competition or revenge-based activities.