Most drivers admit angry, aggressive behavior or road rage

The survey said they categorized road rage as following too closely, yelling at another driver, cutting drivers off or making angry gestures.

The study also reports that 7% of US drivers have engaged in extreme examples of road rage, such as purposely ramming another vehicle or getting out of a auto to confront another driver when they feel they’ve been wronged on the road.

• Male and younger drivers ages 19-39 were significantly more likely to engage in aggressive behaviors.

Some actions respondents admitted to certainly fall outside the scope of common aggressive driving: 3.7 percent reported actually getting out of their vehicle to confront another driver and 2.8 percent reported intentionally hitting another auto. A new study by AAA found that almost 80 percent of all drivers expressed “significant anger, aggression or road rage behind the wheel at least once in the past year”.

The study polled 2,705 licensed drivers who had driven at least once in the last 30 days in 2014.

According to the AAA, PennDOT reports speeding is a large contributor of fatal crashes. And more than half of drivers perceived road rage as a bigger problem than in a survey three years earlier.

That ranges from following too closely or yelling at another driver to hitting a vehicle on objective or getting out to confront a driver.

Seven percent of drivers in the US were found to have engaged in “extreme” examples of aggressive driving, AAA said.

Honking to show annoyance or anger: 45%. About a third of drivers indicated they had made angry gestures at another driver.

Gesturing, honking and yelling at other drivers were significantly more prevalent in the Northeast.

Of course, there’s always the chance that more people in Los Angeles use Instagram for these type of posts than other cities.

Next time you’re ready to make a rude gesture when another driver cuts you off in traffic, take a deep breath.

Motorists in the Washington, DC area rated aggressive driving as the number one threat to highway safety, and for good reason, according to polling conducted by AAA Mid-Atlantic.

The full report, which is part of the annual Traffic Safety Culture Index, is on the AAA Foundation’s website.

“I think it just creates a hectic and hazardous situation for other drivers”, driver Levani Zazadze said.