Review on Driver s Road Rage

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1674-0696.2018.11.17

Abstract

Abstract: As an important factor causing traffic accidents, “road rage” is a serious threat to traffic safety. In order to learn more about “road disease”, the definitions, characteristics and research methods of road rage both at home and abroad were summarized, and the preventive measures were put forward after the discussion of the causes for drivers road rage. The study shows that drivers personal factors, the environmental factors and the group factors are the main causes for road rage, and the individual factors and the environmental factors are dominant, road rage can be prevented by improving the road environment, improving laws and regulations, strengthening career driver management and drivers personal adjustment.

Key words: traffic engineering, road traffic safety；road rage；cause analysis, preventive measure

摘要： “路怒症”造成交通事故的一个重要因素，严重威胁道路交通安全。为了进一步了解“路怒症”，总结了国内外有关“路怒症”的定义、表现和研究方法；探讨了驾驶员“路怒症”成因，并提出了预防对策。表明驾驶员个人因素、环境因素和群体因素是造成“路怒症”的主要原因，其中驾驶员个人因素和环境因素占主导地位；预防“路怒症”的工作可从道路环境改善、法律法规制定、职业驾驶员管理、驾驶员个人调节以及文明驾驶培训等方面来开展。

关键词: 交通工程, 道路交通安全, 路怒症, 原因分析, 预防对策

CLC Number:

U491.2

DENG Yuanchang, JIN Jieling. Review on Driver s Road Rage[J]. Journal of Chongqing Jiaotong University(Natural Science), 2018, 37(11): 105-111.

邓院昌, 金杰灵. 关于驾驶员“路怒症”的研究综述[J]. 重庆交通大学学报（自然科学版）, 2018, 37(11): 105-111.

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