road rage
noun
: a motorist's uncontrolled anger that is usually provoked by another motorist's irritating act and is expressed in aggressive or violent behavior
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Numerous fatal road rage incidents have also made national headlines in recent years.
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Norman Miller, USA TODAY, 9 Apr. 2024
The Star previously reported on Robinson in 2019 when he, then 52-years-old, was charged with third degree assault for allegedly body slamming a woman to the pavement and punching her at least 30 times during an alleged road rage incident.
—Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 3 Apr. 2024
The gun law advocacy group Everytown for Gun Safety said last year that road rage shooting deaths in the U.S. have increased every year since 2018, from 70 that year to 141 in 2022.
—Phil Helsel, NBC News, 26 Jan. 2024
In Massachusetts, a man was sentenced to life in prison for a racist road rage murder in 2021.
—Will Carless, USA TODAY, 19 Jan. 2024
An initial investigation suggested the stabbing stemmed from a road rage incident, authorities said.
—Jason Green, The Mercury News, 16 Mar. 2024
The shooting was suspected to be the result of a road rage incident.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacramento Bee, 16 Feb. 2024
Deputies were called to a Love's Travel Stop for a report of shots fired during a road rage incident on March 3.
—Pilar Arias, Fox News, 10 Mar. 2024
Overland Park police responded around 8:13 a.m. on Feb. 20 to the intersection of Cody Street and College Boulevard after a driver called 911 and said he was shot at during a road rage incident.
—Andrea Klick, Kansas City Star, 28 Feb. 2024
Norman Miller, USA TODAY, 9 Apr. 2024
The Star previously reported on Robinson in 2019 when he, then 52-years-old, was charged with third degree assault for allegedly body slamming a woman to the pavement and punching her at least 30 times during an alleged road rage incident.
—Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 3 Apr. 2024
The gun law advocacy group Everytown for Gun Safety said last year that road rage shooting deaths in the U.S. have increased every year since 2018, from 70 that year to 141 in 2022.
—Phil Helsel, NBC News, 26 Jan. 2024
In Massachusetts, a man was sentenced to life in prison for a racist road rage murder in 2021.
—Will Carless, USA TODAY, 19 Jan. 2024
An initial investigation suggested the stabbing stemmed from a road rage incident, authorities said.
—Jason Green, The Mercury News, 16 Mar. 2024
The shooting was suspected to be the result of a road rage incident.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacramento Bee, 16 Feb. 2024
Deputies were called to a Love's Travel Stop for a report of shots fired during a road rage incident on March 3.
—Pilar Arias, Fox News, 10 Mar. 2024
Overland Park police responded around 8:13 a.m. on Feb. 20 to the intersection of Cody Street and College Boulevard after a driver called 911 and said he was shot at during a road rage incident.
—Andrea Klick, Kansas City Star, 28 Feb. 2024
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“Road rage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/road%20rage. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.
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