Aggressive driving has been around since the early decades of this century, from the moment the average number of automobiles on any given roadway rose from 1 to 2. In the most comprehensive national survey on driving behavior it was found that an astounding 80% of drivers are angry most or all of the time while driving. Simple traffic congestion is one cause of irritation, but these days just about everything can get the average driver to tap his horn. More than one-third of respondents to the survey said they get impatient at stoplights or when waiting for a parking space; an additional 25% can’t stand waiting for passengers to get in the car. And 22% said they get mad when a multi-lane highway narrows. So not only the roads are more crowded than ever, but they are crowded with drivers whom science has now discovered to be extremely touchy.This democratization of the highway has occurred simultaneously with a decline in traditional driver’s education.
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