什么是『road rage』？

姜 竹

Road rage is aggressive or angry behavior by a driver of an automobile or other motor vehicles.Such behavior might include rude gestures,verbal insults,deliberately driving in an unsafe or threatening manner,or making threats.Road rage can lead to quarrels,assaults （攻擊；襲擊）,and collisions （碰撞）which result in injuries and even deaths.It can be thought of as an extreme case of aggressive driving.The term is thought to come from the USA during the 1980s.

“路怒癥”指汽車或其他機動車的駕駛人員有攻擊性或憤怒的行為。此類行為可能包括：粗鄙的手勢、言語侮辱、故意用不安全或威脅安全的方式駕駛車輛，或實施威脅。“路面憤怒癥”可引起口角、紛爭、傷害以及可能導致受傷甚至死亡的撞車事故，這種行為可被認定為攻擊性駕駛的極端案例。這個說法上世紀80年代產生于美國。

The following is common behavior of road rage:

以下是“路怒癥”常見的表現形式：

Generallyaggressivedriving,includingsuddenacceleration,braking,and close tailgating （跟車）.

普通的攻擊性駕駛，包括突然加速、剎車，以及跟前車太近。

Cutting others off in a lane,or preventing someone from merging（合并；并入）on purpose.

突然進入別人的車道，或故意阻止別人并線。

Sounding the vehicle's horn or flashing lights excessively（過分地）.

急按喇叭或打燈。

Driving at high speeds in the middle of a highway to terrify drivers in both lanes.

在公路中間高速行駛以使雙方向行駛的司機都受到驚嚇。