Road rage occurs when drivers get frustrated and angry with other drivers, especially when other drivers are not abiding by the rules and regulations of the road. As drivers become enraged their actions can become very dangerous. Remember... Whilst driving try to always remain calm. Give yourself plenty of time for your journey. Rushing to get to a destination is a major cause of road rage. Have consideration towards other drivers. If confronted try to remain calm.

If you are confronted with road rage...

• Remain calm.

• Don’t leave your vehicle.

• Keep doors and windows locked up.

• Keep the space between you and the driver in front so you can pull away if necessary.

• Make a note of the registration number, model, colour and shape of the car.

• Find a suitable place to stop and report the incident to the police.

• Don’t retaliate this will only enrage the other person further and make the situation worse.

• Don’t make eye contact with an angry driver.

• Be polite and courteous even when the other person is not.

• If you are being harassed or followed by another driver do not drive home, drive to the nearest police station.

At least 9 out of 10 drivers say they have been the victim of road rage at least once, more than 20% said that they had experienced road rage more than 10 times, more than 70% admitted committing the offence themselves according to Max Power magazine.

• Only 13 per cent of respondents said that they had never experienced road rage.

• Motorists in the south of England (29 per cent) are most likely to be affected, followed by the North of England (18 per cent) and East (15 per cent). Least likely to come across it are those in Ireland (three per cent), Wales (five per cent) and Scotland (six per cent).

• The most common form of road rage is still gesticulation (22 per cent reported being "given the finger"). 20 per cent reported being tailgated -while in 13 per cent of incidents victims were forced to stop. A further 13 per cent faced an aggressor who got out of the car and physically or verbally abused them

• The majority of motorists (69 per cent) who completed the survey said that they responded in exactly the same way when faced with road rage. 17 per cent ignored the aggressor’s actions but only seven per cent reported the incident to the police.

• The aggressors in the rage incidents experienced by respondents were most often driving standard cars (59 per cent) followed by modified cars (22 per cent). "White Van Man", often thought to be a major perpetrator of road rage, was only cited in 13 per cent of incidents.

• The most common location for road rage is in a town (54 per cent), followed by a major A road (17 per cent) or a motorway (15 per cent).

• Asked how they felt about committing road rage after the incident, 61 per cent said: "fine, they deserved it", a quarter didn’t think about it and only 14 per cent showed remorse and said that their bad mood had affected their actions.
  Source RAC Foundation.org