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Road Rage and Aggressive Drivers Remember back to the last time that you were running late for an important meeting, or a doctor’s appointment. If your life is anything like mine you get stopped at every red light, grandpa in front of you is going twenty miles under the speed limit, and you come across a detour. How you handle these situations is the key. Are you one to be patient and have the laid back attitude that when you get there you get there; or are you the type of person to give the person the finger, yell and tailgate the person, and endanger lives? Road rage has become an obvious epidemic, but how serious is it really? From the crazy, catchy, headlines it is intriguing. Why do people have such rage, and what causes it are among the various questions I have often wondered. Are they really just crazies? We shall find out, but travel at you own risk! The definition of road rage is very widely noted. Since it is still a relatively new term a formal definition has not yet been established. Arnold Nerenberg, a clinical psychologist defines it as “A mental disorder and a social disease”. Including drivers reacting with anger at another driver, the anger