Dr. Leon James, I am a freelancer working on a road rage story in the California Bay Area. I found your site and was wondering if you could answer a few questions from my article about road rage. From your web site, it appears you have been studying this condition for quite some time. Any information about you can give for my article will be appreciated greatly.
Road rage has two different meanings.
One refers to assault, battery, and homicide. This type has been increasing but the total number of such occurrences is less than 2000 a year, and in relation to 125 million drivers on the roads every day, this is an extremely rare event. The second meaning of road rage refers to driving in an emotionally impaired state. This shows itself in terms of anger, hostility, competition, risk, and stress. These are all injurious to health and community.