Study Says Women Experience More Road Rage Than Men

I don't know for sure what is making this woman so mad
but I suspect it's the man's exaggerated reactions. Or the
monkey.

Are women more affected by road rage than men? That's what a new study suggests, according to the DailyMail.com. The study, by car manufacturer Hyundai, involved 1,000 drivers in the UK, 450 of who were also tracked using a webcam.

Participants were tested to see how sound, sight, smell, touch and taste provoke emotional responses while driving. The results were fed into specially-created software that gave each participant a 'Driving Emotion Test' score.

The results claim that, on average, women are 12 per cent angrier than men when behind the wheel. Researchers suggest that driving sparks an ancient defense instinct that kicked in when women were shouted or beeped at, subjected to a back-seat driver, or faced with a driver who didn't use their signals. 

Evolutionary theory suggests our early female ancestors had to develop an acute sense of danger for anything that threatened them if their cave was undefended while men were out hunting. Study organizers claim that "early warning system" instinct is still relevant, and women drivers tend to be more sensitive to negative stimuli, so get angry and frustrated quicker.

Other key findings from the study include:

- The primary reasons people enjoy driving is the freedom it gives them, mobility and independence

- 29 per cent of men said they find it easier to have a conversation in the car. 

- 54 per cent of Brits said the thing that made them really happy in the car was singing

- Eight out of 10 people nearly always listen to something while driving with Meatloaf's Bat out of Hell and Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody being the most mentioned.

My personal take on this study? Since previous studies have mostly showed men to be the aggressors behind the wheel, I'm going to blame this one on the British. Maybe British women are more aggressive than American women? And the British apparently have bad musical taste. I mean, come on, who admits to liking anything meatloaf-related??

If It Wouldn't Happen At Your Place...

An interesting take on road rage. If it wouldn't happen at your workplace, you probably shouldn't subject road construction workers to it.

Seattle Among Top Cities for Road Rage

We've all done it- lost our cool while in traffic and done something inappropriate or aggresive in reaction. A new study shows where and when we tend to get road rage, and Washington State, Seattle in particular, ranked high on the list.

According to KIRO 7 News, Seattle ranked number 12 on the list of cities that felt the most road rage, with Washington ranking number 10 for states.


The data was derived by website Auto Insurance Center, which looked at 65,535 Instagram posts between June 2013 and April 2016 with the hashtag #RoadRage.

Los Angeles took the top spot among U.S. cities, with New York second.

The study also analyzed when we are most susceptible to road rage. August appears to be the worst month and Fridays the worst day of the week for road rage.

Do You Have Road Rage?

You'd think it would be easy to tell if you're experiencing road rage right? Apparently not. News 13 out of Florida says that if you answer "yes" to any of the questions below, you may be susceptible to road rage. 

1. Do you regularly drive over the speed limit, or try to "beat" red lights because you are in a hurry?
2. Do you tailgate or flash your headlights at a driver in front of you that you believe is driving too slowly?
3. Do you honk the horn often?
4. Do you ever use obscene gestures or otherwise communicate angrily at another driver?

If you recognize the signs of road rage in yourself, DMV.org says to put some effort into learning new driving habits. 

Top 10 Angriest Drivers By State

Are you an angry driver?  If you live Idaho, there's a good chance you are. That's because Idaho was named as having the most angriest drivers of all the states by a new survey done by  Insure.com.

And what exactly set them off? A lot of things, with talking on the phone while driving being the biggest road rage trigger.

The Street takes a look at the top ten angriest drivers by state and the behaviors that make them the angriest. Don't read this if you're driving, by the way.

Get A Grip Las Vegas Drivers!

While road rage is an issue all over the country, and around the world, Las Vegas seems to have more than it's fair share of it. Three road rage incidents since the beginning of the year have left people dead on Vegas roadways and police say they get road rage calls every single day.

KLAS-TV out of Las Vegas has more details.