Bitumen battles – the phenomenon of road rage
Useful sites
Road rage – media hype or serious road safety issue? (Drivers.com, USA)
An Australian road safety researcher examines the nature and extent of the behaviours labelled 'road rage' in the media.
Road rage (Australian Parliamentary Library)
A short report that covers the basics of road rage and suggests some remedies.
Keep your cool in the car (VicRoads, Australia)
Suggests ways of dealing with aggressive drivers.
Preventing driving related violence (Crime Research Centre, University of Western Australia)
Discusses the variables that lead to aggression and violence on the roads and looks at areas where prevention efforts can be focused.
Driver aggression: The role of personality, social characteristics, risk and motivation (Monash University Accident Research Centre, Australia)
Executive summary of a report that looks at the definition and measurement of aggression. The conclusions focus on
strategies for coping with driver aggression. The full report can be found at www.general.monash.edu.au/muarc/rptsum/muarccr81.pdf.
Measuring road rage (Australian Institute of Criminology)
A conference paper summarising the factors that lead to road violence, including a number of graphs of road rage data.
Traffic calming: The reality of 'road rage' (Home Office Research, Development and Statistics Directorate, UK)
Describes the main findings of an analysis of 1996 newspaper reports on road rage.
Road Ready (ACT Department of Urban Services, Australia)
Provides information and activities for new drivers and their teachers.
Controlling road rage: A literature review and pilot study (AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, USA)
A 1999 American survey into road rage and aggressive driving. Evaluates different methods that have been used to prevent road rage.
Page updated January 2007.