Road rage can overcome even the best drivers. Here's how to keep your cool while driving

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Road rage can be managed with the help of traffic psychology.

Drivers swerve erratically while on their phones or dart dangerously around other cars. The blare of horns keeps you on edge as traffic backs up. It's enough to test anyone's patience.

"Because they're angry, frustrated and irritated, they make worse decisions than they would otherwise make," he said,"and all of those bad decisions can lead to accidental injury, harm or death." Oftentimes people adopt a persona while driving that is more aggressive and ruder than what is socially acceptable because they don't think they're identifiable and they won't see the other drivers again.

There is also this notion where you assume the worst in others and blame their personality, Robinson said, versus attributing flaws in yourself to outside factors.

 

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