Women ‘are most likely victims of road rage’
WOMEN are more likely than men to be victims of road rage in London, a survey has revealed.
In total, 48 per cent of women said they had been subjected to road rage, compared with 40 per cent of men.
The survey also found that 45 per cent of Londoners said they had experienced abuse on the roads, while the national average stood at 43 per cent.
Road confrontations appeared to have a greater impact on women, with 80 per cent of female victims saying it stuck with them for several hours, and 31 per cent saying it affected them for days afterwards. Meanwhile, 37 per cent of men said they were not at all affected.
More than 20 per cent of women said they were more nervous drivers as a result of the abuse. Men were twice as likely to shout at people following an incident.
Student Sophia Jackson, 22, said she was once tailgated by a white van driver who followed her into a dead-end road where he started screaming at her.
She said: “The statistics in the report really struck a chord as it took me several hours to get over the initial shock of the incident.
“When I’m getting into the car on my own, it still frustrates me that the incident plays on my mind — it definitely made me a less confident driver for several months afterwards.”
The study was carried out by dash cam manufacturer Nextbase and involved more than 2,000 men and women.
Nextbase said installing dash cams in vehicles could help deter road rage.