Road rage is aggressive or angry behavior exhibited by a person driving a vehicle, including verbal insults, yelling, physical threats, and dangerous driving intended to intimidate other drivers, pedestrians, or cyclists, or to release frustration. Documented behavior includes cutting off other motorists, inappropriate horn use, flashing headlights, obscene gestures, swerving, tailgating, and brake checking, and the resulting altercations can lead to property damage, assault, and collisions that cause serious injury or death.
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Elements of OffenseIntentional assault by a driver or passenger with a motor vehicle or weapon on the roadway or precipitated by a roadway incident 1 Jurisdiction VariationIn Australia, predatory driving can carry up to five years in jail 1 Classification
Offense GradeMinor or Summary Offense 1 Connections
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1. Road rage (Wikipedia)
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an intentional assault by a driver or passenger with a motor vehicle or a weapon that occurs on the roadway or is precipitated by an incident on the roadway.
Australia section
Any person who 'engages in a course of conduct that causes or threatens an impact involving the other vehicle' while intending to cause a person bodily harm can be charged with predatory driving, a serious offence that can send the culprit to jail for up to five years.
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USLegal, Inc.In Group: Dangerous Driving and Rage Offenses, Legal definitionQuote, In Group: Dangerous Driving and Rage Offenses, Legal definition
Road rage is defined as agressive or angry behavior of a driver toward another driver or drivers on the road.
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