Road Rage

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Can you imagine being shot and killed with a razor sharp 29-inch arrow from a crossbow just because you may have accidentally cut someone off while driving? This actually happened to a 42 year old man from Massachusetts who got involved in a dispute with an angry driver on the Interstate back in February of 1994. This is one very extreme case that illustrates how out of control people are becoming. People are allowing minor incidents to …

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…in more violent acts. Linking these two very different behaviors under the same category only promotes the idea that the frustration that many drivers feel could easily become more violent. A recent study by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration revealed road rage to be responsible for 66% of all annual traffic fatalities. Whether it was an escalated incident as I described earlier, or from someone tailgating to prove a point and causing a fatal accident.