A 1997 study by the American Automobile Association Foundation for Traffic Safety found a 51-percent increase in violent aggressive driving between 1990 and 1996. The U.S. Department of Transportation has identified running red lights as the leading cause of urban area accidents, causing more than 1 million injuries every year. Another 6,000 Americans are killed each year in accidents involving drivers who run stop signs and speed through intersections. Current strategies aimed at identifying and dealing with aggressive drivers are high public policy priorities. Aggressive driving is a traffic offense.
Road rage is a criminal offense.
Lack of responsible behavior. Reduced levels of traffic enforcement. Increased congestion and travel in urban areas. A recent Federal Highway. Administration study of 50 metropolitan areas found that almost 70 percent of urban freeways today are congested during rush hour - as opposed to 55 percent in 1983.