Fear Section 1. Road Rage.
Let me start off by saying people get wayyy too afraid of this. You have to be cautious but not as cautious as people are now. In 1998 there was a news article in Los Angeles Times saying “Road Rage has become an exploding phenomenon across the country.” After reading the article I noticed at the bottom it said that only five passengers and drivers were killed in the previous five years. Also in 1998 Los Angeles Times said that the Pacific Northwest was a region particularly “Plagued by a rise in Road Rage”. I’m not sure about you guys, but to me one death a year isn’t a plague.
Now I know I’m talking about the past. But look at all the times people have honked at others, given them the finger, angry gestures etc.. and not gotten shot? The more the media, police and insurance companies etc… hear about road rage incidents the more they will talk about Road Rage and THAT means more people will be worried about road rage.
In the late 1990s police and reporters said that a variety of highway mishaps were cases of Road Rage. In 1998 truck was going up an exit ramp in the wrong direction and crushed a car killing all of the passengers. Accident? The Truck driver being stupid? It could be either of those two and yet police filed it as a case of Road Rage.
In the past 6 years about 1,200 people have been killed in road rage accidents. But since police and reporters have a tendency to report actual accidents as Road Rage how much of it is Road Rage? 1,200 is a lot even though some of it might not be Road Rage yeah? Well almost all of Road Rage happens in Miami, Phoenix, New York, Los Angeles and Boston. How many times have you been to any of the cities and how long? Did you become a victim of Road Rage?
I’m not saying that it isn’t a threat, but fear can put tension on the mind. If you’re sitting in your car scared that someone’s gonna shoot you and you become a victim of road rage you’ll have tension on your mind. If someone has tension on their mind depending on how much they can be the attacker of road rage. Because even though it’s just fear it’s still tension. When someone has that much tension and gets honked at a lot they are prone to explode and attack the honker.
I’m not saying to be afraid, but a lot of people overreact and are more afraid than they should be. This is for them
