A road rage incident in eastern Iowa’s Linn County over the weekend ended with one of the drivers jailed on a charge of attempted murder. A new AAA study finds road rage is becoming more frequent, more aggressive and — it’s contagious.
Brian Ortner, a spokesman for AAA-Iowa, says the report found exposure to aggressive driving fuels more aggression behind the wheel.
“Ninety-six-percent of drivers do admit to driving aggressively in the past year,” Ortner says. “Motivators for that are, getting to the destination faster, or to avoid a perceived danger. Eleven percent of folks admitted to engaging in violent actions, such as intentionally bumping into another car or confronting another driver, and that number alone is too high.”…