When Road Rage Happens Most

As you have seen countless times, when people who feel the need to teach everyone else a lesson encounter each other on the highway, things can quickly spiral out of control. Aggression—tailgating, making unpredictable lane changes, honking, flashing lights—often leads to retaliation. I have seen motorists suddenly change lanes, ticking off the driver behind and leading him to pass the other. Brakes are slammed, swerving occurs. The bone head motorist is trying to “prove a point,” but the initial incident had simply been misjudging distance.