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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The 25-year-old called 911 about 7:30 p.m. Monday and said he had been assaulted in a road rage incident. —

Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 7 Nov. 2024 Trump, Harris in Arizona: Former president's rally begins in Glendale These Arizona 'super voters' have cast a ballot in every primary and general election for 3 decades Navajo County recorder candidate arrested after road rage incident, police say Is Rep. Eli Crane's seat 'in play'? —

Rafael Carranza, The Arizona Republic, 31 Oct. 2024 The story is based off Lee’s personal experience with a road rage incident. —

Denise Petski, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2024 The road rage incident happened around 4:53 p.m. Saturday in Newton, about 44 miles northwest of Charlotte, the Catawba County Sheriff’s Office reported in a news release posted Saturday night. —

Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 16 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for road rage