Road rage hot-spots
Are you a member of Generation X? The so-called disaffected and directionless people born in the 1960s and 1970s? If so, you are the most likely to get caught up in a road rage incident.
And if you live in Auckland, your chances of experiencing road rage are higher still.
Those are conclusions reached in the latest survey by consumer satisfaction company Canstar Blue.
The company says experiencing road rage is one of the consequences of living in a city that is renowned for its traffic woes – and that explains why 26 per cent of survey respondents who live in Auckland say they have experienced a road rage incident, while only 10 per cent of survey respondents from Otago have experienced such an incident.
Northland and Bay of Plenty are pretty laid-back places too, with 17 per cent reporting having experienced or caused road rage. But more heavily populated Wellington and Canterbury are road rage hot-spots, with 21 per cent of respondents experiencing it.
Canstar’s survey shows the number of young people experiencing road rage is fairly high, as 24 per cent of Generation Y (born in the 1980s and 1990s) and 26 per cent of Generation X (born in the 1960s and 1970s) claim to been in an incident.
Meanwhile, baby boomers (born in the 1940s and 1950s) are least likely to see anger on the road, with just 15 per cent experiencing it.
‘‘Overall, 22 per cent are now experiencing incidents, and men (23 per cent) are slightly more likely than women (21 per cent) to be involved in an expression of road rage,’’ says Canstar New Zealand general manager Jose George.