road rage

noun

: a motorist's uncontrolled anger that is usually triggered by an action of another motorist and that is expressed in aggressive or violent behavior

From punching cars to shooting drivers, road rage … takes many forms.—

Natalie La Roche Pietri

Drivers reported experiencing road rage most frequently on city streets (29.18%), on freeways or highways (26.59%) and in parking lots (14.9%).—

Ashlee Tilford

—often used before another noun

a road rage incident

An apparent road rage shooting left one person wounded …—

Anna Spoerre

road rager

ˈrōd-ˌrā-jər

noun

plural road ragers

Other drivers may have similar feelings or thoughts, but only the road rager responds with dangerous behavior: tailgating, pulling right in front of you at high speeds, running you off the road, refusing to let you into traffic, and so on. —

Michael Karson

Examples of road rage in a Sentence

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During what police described as a road rage incident, a driver being chased by another motorist on East Washington Street ran a red light at Ritter Avenue and slammed into a SUV. —

Daryl Perry, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Nov. 2024 There will be more road rage incidents and gun violence. —

Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 19 Nov. 2024 The shooting was the result of a road rage incident, police said. —

Olivia Rose, The Arizona Republic, 15 Nov. 2024 Gets in a road rage incident, commits assault and then starts yelling the N word out in public. —

Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 13 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for road rage