Road rage incidents in L.A. happening more often, with increasing violence, data shows
Road rage is higher than ever across L.A., according to recent numbers. LAPD numbers show there were nearly 870 road rage reports last year and the incidents have become more violent.The Los Angeles Police Department reported there were nearly 870 incidents of road rage in 2022 - the highest count in the last seven years. According to aAnd incidents are getting more violent, according to LAPD data. In 2021 and 2022, nearly a third of incidents involved a gun. In 2019, that number was 16%.
"It feels like Americans have become increasingly less patient with one another - that they are stressed in ways that are bringing out a lot of negative emotions," said Ryan Martin, a professor at the University of Wisconsin who researches and writes on expressions of anger and why people express road rage.He said when drivers encounter road rage, people should practice what he calls extreme defensive driving: avoid confrontation and let it go.
The most recent high-profile example of road rage involved a Tesla driver accused of several incidents across Southern California.
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