Road rage ramping up across Queensland
The number of motorists who believe road rage has increased on our roads has surged by more than 10% since 2020, according to RACQ’s latest Annual Road Safety Survey.
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Road Safety and Technical Manager Joel Tucker said more than 84% of motorists believe road rage has increased, compared to just over 74% in 2020.
“The most common aggressive road behaviour experienced was tailgating, followed by using a horn and hand signals,” Mr Tucker said.
“We also saw an increase in drivers admitting to acting aggressively themselves.
“More than 20% of motorists said they’ve verbally abused other drivers or tailgated, 16.4% have suddenly swerved or braked and 13.6% admitted to cutting in front of someone and slowing down.”
Mr Tucker said the increase in people carrying weapons in their cars was particularly concerning.
“Alarmingly, 7.6% of Queensland motorists admitted to carrying weapons in their car, which is up from 4.8% last year,” he said.
“Put simply, there is no place for violence or aggression on our roads. Roads are already dangerous enough without road rage and we need drivers working together to ensure the safety of themselves, their passengers and other road users.”
RACQ urged drivers to think twice about being confrontational on the road.
“If you are aggressive on the road, or react to road rage with more aggression, chances are you’ll get caught,” Mr Tucker said.
“Our survey shows that nearly a quarter of motorists own dashcams and 78% of them would report aggressive drivers and hand vision in to police.
“We all get stuck in traffic, we all have places to be and sometimes we make mistakes. It’s important to keep a cool head and not to overreact to things that happen on the road, because the consequences of impatience or anger can be life changing.”
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