Road Rage
“ Road Rage ” Done by: Ahmed El Attari Yacine El Benna Supervised by: Aure April, 2004 You’re stopped for a red light of several cars. ... This is a typical example of road rage. Road rage can have different types and causes. In fact, there is no singular, definitive confirmation of what constitutes road rage. The term “road rage” is used when a motorist or a passenger intentionally attempts to injure, intimidate or kill another motorist, passenger, or pedestrian. ... Should the aggressing driver be charged with road rage? As a global definition we can say that road rage is an intentional and violent - moral or physical- act that causes directly or indirectly physical or emotional harmful effect on another driver or passenger or pedestrian. The fact that road rage hasn’t a single definition makes the choice of appropriate sanctions complicate. This is why there is no specific charge for “road rage”. ... Therefore, to shed up light on this problem, we will examine some types, causes and consequences of road rage . Types of road rage We can distinguish different types of road rage. ... In this order, and according to a study made by Matthew Joint MSc BSc MCIT, assistant Head of Road Safety, it has been showed that the majority of motorists interviewed had been tailgated (62 per cent) and had lights flashed at them by other motorists (59 per cent), and about half (48 per cent) had received aggressive or rude gestures. ... Causes of road rage In some cases it appears that incidents of road rage are caused by simple misunderstandings between drivers. ... In fact, it is more likely that the cause of the road rage extends beyond the immediate incident. In other words, this phenomenon of road rage is just an expression of an accumulation of same factors that happen before the aggressive act on the road. ... Consequences of road rage The fact that road rage is phenomenon that has received more attention only in the past 10 years (much due to the efforts of media) than it did before explains why we didn’t find relevant information of this phenomenon concerning Morocco. But hopefully, we were able to find information and statistics of road rage concerning other countries.