unseling sessions to help their drivers understand the seriousness of road rage. Psychologists are now treating road rage as a mental disorder. People guilty of road rage need to admit they have a problem because, just like any other disorder or addiction, they don’t consider road rage a problem.(2) Many states are working on the problem of road rage by making costly fines for dangerous drivers and speeders. Some other states are looking into a new system that automatically takes pictures of the license plates of cars that run red lights and can get accident scenes for police reports hoping this will better the community and work to the advantage of the people’s safety.(1) More than 41,000 innocent people die in traffic accidents a year (which is still escalating) and the government agency says that two-thirds of those deaths were the result in road rage. Road ragers have caused 12,610 injuries a year in accidents according to an “aggressive driving” survey.(3) It also found that the majority of offensive drivers are young, poorly educated males who have criminal records, histories of violence, and drug or alcohol related problems. But hundreds of angry drivers are successful men and women with no known histories of crime, violence, or alcohol and drug abuse. They are the typical people described as “the nicest man” or “a wonderful father.” Whoever it is, they all have their own ways of getting mad. Some slam on the brakes, jump out of the car, open the trunk and grab tools, or any kind of weapon. Some use baseball bats, knives, Mace, pepper spray, fists or, in the case of the elderly, canes to beat on the annoying motorist. They have been known to throw anything that comes in hand as they fumble around the car. And yet there’s the few that pull out the gun and start firing away. However, police officers always say that after talking to the offenders, they always feel stupid and don...
