Transportation
China Urges Drivers to Keep Calm as Road Rage Cases Hit 17 Million
And that’s just in 2015. Anger behind the wheel is so common that China has launched a public “road etiquette” program.
Driving in China can be nightmarish—hazardous, even. As if grueling traffic jams and thick blankets of smog blocking road visibility aren’t already bad enough, China’s Ministry of Public Security now says the country also has a serious road rage problem. In 2015 alone, the traffic police recorded more than 17 million cases of heated scuffles between aggressive drivers—a 2.8 increase from the year before. An overwhelming 97 percent of the incidents were committed by men, according to the government.
Some cases, involving abrupt lane changes and aggressive passing, make for amusing YouTube videos captured by dash cams. Others are far more violent, the Wall Street Journal reports: