One of the more unusual driving developments over the past decade or two has been the advent of road rage. Road rage is defined as aggressive driving, usually in retaliation for a minor or major traffic inconvenience inflicted on a driver. What happens is that someone gets cut off or treated similarly on the highway or freeway, and then chooses to retaliate by tailgating, passing and cutting off of the original offender, or it can even escalate to something worse like physical violence.

Here is a story about a man who attacked someone who honked at him with a chrome bar because he couldn’t enter the driveway of a local business. The man is now looking at assault charges.

And then there is this story about a man who actually gouged at another man’s eyes over whether he should shut his car door or not.

Road rage is a serious issue and is being dealt with by law enforcement very seriously. High jail terms and major assault charges are associated with most of the more violent cases. Prosecutors will continue to charge these violent criminals with major charges, so it would be in everyone’s best interest to just calm down when driving.

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