Road rage is rampant, and Irish motorists are more than willing to admit their part in it. So concludes a major study of driving behaviour published this week by insurers AXA.
Almost half of the 670 drivers surveyed for the report, which was carried out for the insurers by Millward Brown IMS, admitted to blowing their horn in anger at other drivers in the past year. Some 39 per cent admitted to flashing their lights in anger, and 37 per cent admitted to exceeding the speed limit.
Other offences which drivers admitted committing were driving in the bus lane (14 per cent), making rude or aggressive gestures towards other motorists (13 per cent), driving through a red light (10 per cent), verbal abuse (6 per cent), deliberately obstructing another car (3 per cent) and physically assaulting another driver (1 per cent). More men than women admitted to each offence.
But in general more women than men claimed to have been on the receiving end of aggressive behaviour in other motorists.
