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
Natalie La Roche PietriDrivers 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 nounAshlee Tilforda road rage incident
An apparent road rage shooting left one person wounded …—Anna Spoerre
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road rager
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
Michael Karson
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Jihad Henderson, 38, of Philadelphia, was charged with murdering 29-year-old Rithina Torn in a road rage shooting in 2018 in Cheltenham Township, officials from Montgomery and Delaware counties announced.
—Tom Ignudo, CBS News, 28 May 2026
The arrest came just months after Radimak was released from prison after serving less than a year of a five-year sentence tied to a series of violent road rage attacks in Southern California.
—Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 27 May 2026
Nathaniel Radimak, 40, was previously convicted and jailed in Los Angeles over two incidents of road rage, during which he was seen threatening women with a pipe in 2022 and 2023.
—Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2026
People who are more prone to road rage are more easily triggered than others by their experiences on the road, and may tend to perceive incidents (whether accidental or not) as personal slights, Hennessy said.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 24 May 2026
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Tom Ignudo, CBS News, 28 May 2026
The arrest came just months after Radimak was released from prison after serving less than a year of a five-year sentence tied to a series of violent road rage attacks in Southern California.
—Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 27 May 2026
Nathaniel Radimak, 40, was previously convicted and jailed in Los Angeles over two incidents of road rage, during which he was seen threatening women with a pipe in 2022 and 2023.
—Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2026
People who are more prone to road rage are more easily triggered than others by their experiences on the road, and may tend to perceive incidents (whether accidental or not) as personal slights, Hennessy said.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 24 May 2026
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“Road rage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/road%20rage. Accessed 29 May. 2026.
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