LONDON — A speeding car can be a deadly weapon in and of itself, but a new study shows that many Americans make sure they’re armed when they get behind the wheel.
survey of 1,000 US residents by Circuit Route Planner, found that a staggering 65 percent of drivers keep a gun in their car when they need to defend themselves during a road rage incident. The most common weapon concealed by gun drivers is a knife (50%), followed by pepper spray (45%). However, 40 percent admit to carrying a gun with them while on the road.
Other weapons in the possession of American drivers include tire irons (39%), baseball bats (38%), hockey sticks (31%), tasers (31%) and lacrosse sticks (14%).
When it comes to which cars you want to stay away from if things get hot on the road, according to the opinion poll, BMW, Hyundai and Mercedes drivers are more likely to keep the car on the road. dangerous weapon in their car. By the way, researchers report that in 2021, road rage shootings will reach a record high.
For that matter, it doesn’t matter where Americans go, locals think road rage is the worst where they live. While 39 percent of urban drivers believe that road rage is worse where they live than elsewhere in the country, 53 percent still think that urban drivers are also prone to road rage. More than half of rural (54%), small town (58%) and suburban (67%) people think road rage is just as bad where they live, including cities.
Who are the biggest culprits of traffic accidents?
Whether it’s true or not, when it comes down to it, men have the worst reputation angry behavior on the way. Half of the poll thinks men are like that most prone to road rage events are watched by young drivers (42%). People with sports cars (35%), women (31%) and older drivers (28%) also get a bad rap for being overly aggressive drivers.
It is interesting that women are criticized the most female drivers🇧🇷 In fact, female respondents were 71 percent more likely than male respondents to accuse other women of suffering road rage.
So what do we mean when we talk about “road rage”? These actions include speeding (40% of respondents admit to this), honking (28%), braking suddenly or “checking the brakes” of another driver (26%), making angry hand gestures (24%) and includes yelling (23). %).
However, things can quickly get out of hand, leading some drivers to chase or race other cars (20%), deliberately cut off vehicles (16%), tailgate (16%) and even point a gun at a colleague can direct ( 4%).
Is the road rage capital of … Oregon?
While congested streets and bumper-to-bumper traffic make big cities the perfect place for road rage, a survey found that the road rage “capital” of America is actually Eugene, Oregon!
Using data from Twitter, the survey found that 500 #roadrage tweets per 100,000 people came from this Pacific Northwest city. That’s more than 100 from the next closest, Atlanta, Georgia. Interestingly, famously congested areas like New York and Los Angeles didn’t even make it into the top 20 cities for road rage.
Because road rage can easily lead to accidents, injuries, and even death, researchers say drivers learn to keep a cool head🇧🇷 Here are some tips AAA To manage potential road rage incidents while driving:
- Maintain a safe following distance
- Play only when necessary
- Do not cause others to change their speed or direction
- be gentle (imagine if the person in front of you lost his job today)
- Don’t contact angry drivers
Methodology
Circuit Route Planner surveyed 1,000 Americans about road rage and their own driving behavior. This data was combined with #roadrage scraping on Twitter and analyzed with the location of each tweet. All data are per 100,000 residents in the top 150 cities by population in the United States
