Driver irritation and aggressive behaviour

A sample of 98 drivers responded to a Swedish version of the UK Driving Anger Scale [UK DAS; [Lajunen, T., Parker, D., Stradling, S.G., 1998. Dimensions of driver anger, aggressive and highway code violations and their mediation by safety orientation in UK drivers. Transport. Res. Part F 1, 107–121]...

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Published in:Accident analysis and prevention 2008-05, Vol.40 (3), p.1069-1077
Main Author: Bjorklund, G M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acceleration
Accidents, Traffic - psychology
Adult
Aggression - psychology
Aggressive behaviour
Aggressiveness
Attitude
Automobile Driving - psychology
Behaviour
Driver
Driver irritation
Female
Health Behavior
Humans
Irritable Mood
Junction
Male
Middle Aged
Priority
Psychology
Psychometrics
Risk-Taking
Road: Road user behaviour
Structural equation modelling
Sweden
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Summary:A sample of 98 drivers responded to a Swedish version of the UK Driving Anger Scale [UK DAS; [Lajunen, T., Parker, D., Stradling, S.G., 1998. Dimensions of driver anger, aggressive and highway code violations and their mediation by safety orientation in UK drivers. Transport. Res. Part F 1, 107–121]. The results indicated that the Swedish version, like the British original, measures three sources of driver irritation: “progress impeded”, “reckless driving”, and “direct hostility”. Structural equation modelling was used to investigate the relationships between the three sources of self-reported driver irritation, aggressive actions, speed, sex, age, and annual mileage. The models suggested a positive relationship between the amount of driver irritation and frequency of aggressive actions for all three sources of irritation. Female drivers tended to become more irritated than male drivers, while the male drivers tended to act aggressively more often. Surprisingly, drivers who reported that they enjoy fast speeds did not become more irritated than slower drivers when obstructed. The important conclusions are that experienced irritation often leads to openly aggressively actions, and that expression of aggressive behaviours may be a cause of other drivers’ feeling of irritation.
ISSN:0001-4575
1879-2057
1879-2057
DOI:10.1016/j.aap.2007.10.014