Road Rage: Prevalence Pattern and Web Based Survey Feasibility
Table 2
Responses to DAS situations by study population.
Number
DAS situations
Perceived anger#
1
2
3
4
5
1
Someone is weaving in and out of traffic
13.8
23.3
27.6
15.5
19.8
2
A slow vehicle on a mountain road will not pull over and let people by
12.1
35.3
18.1
19.0
15.5
3
Someone backs right out in front of you without looking
6.9
15.5
23.3
29.3
25.0
4
Someone runs a red light or stop sign
11.2
28.4
22.4
21.6
16.4
5
You pass a radar speed trap
23.3
30.2
19.0
11.2
16.4
6
Someone speeds up when you try to pass him/her
23.3
25.0
21.6
15.5
14.7
7
Someone is slow in parking and is holding up traffic
12.9
27.6
19.0
18.1
22.4
8
You are stuck in a traffic jam
6.0
20.7
17.2
13.8
42.2
9
Someone makes an obscene gesture toward you about your driving
7.8
29.3
12.1
20.7
30.2
10
Someone honks at you about your driving
9.5
24.1
12.1
23.3
31.0
11
A bicyclist is riding in the middle of the lane and is slowing traffic
11.2
27.6
19.0
22.4
19.8
12
A police officer pulls you over
17.2
20.7
22.4
18.1
21.6
13
A truck kicks up sand or gravel on the car you are driving
9.5
20.7
16.4
19.0
34.5
14
You are driving behind a large truck and you cannot see around it
15.5
22.4
27.6
14.7
19.8
Driving Anger Scale (DAS); #amount of anger perceived is quantified as none at all = 1; a little = 2; some = 3; much = 4; and very much = 5. All the values are in percentages.
