The following is excerpted from an e-mail interview on road rage for an article that appeared in the San Jose Business Journal. Although I haven't seen any recent statistics, insurance companies continue to report a steady increase of road rage incidents. More people are driving longer distances to and from work. .
More teens have their own cars today than in the past.
Constant road construction causes delays and inconvenience. The Just In Time inventory management system has put more trucks on the road. Of all the drivers on the road, there's no way of knowing how many are running late, or headed somewhere they don't even want to go. Unfortunately, for some drivers, their crankiness can morph into mortal combat with the flick of a switch. Even in smaller towns I've visited in South Dakota, Wisconsin, and North Dakota, people talk about road rage.