A new report from AAA spells out a cause-and-effect correlation that we probably all assumed: heavy traffic congestion for some is more than just a nuisance.
The report ties heavier traffic congestion to an increase in incidents of road rage.
“Aggressive driving is already risky in itself, but then once those behaviors escalate into more of a road rage scenario, they can become very dangerous,” AAA spokesperson Megan Cooper told WKRN in Nashville, Tenn.
“Our instinct is to get back at the other driver or prove a point to the other driver, and that gets really tricky because you never know how the other driver is going to react,” she continued.
The Metro Nashville Police Department have made several arrests in the past few years in shooting incidents that were suspected to be road rage-related, including the latest just days ago when a man in Murfreesboro Pike was found shot in the head.
Tennessee was recently ranked fourth in the nation in terms of road rage shootings by Everytown For Gun Safety.
New Mexico led the list, followed by Arizona and Oklahoma. Wisconsin rounded out the top five.