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Journalistic Reading Course Lessen 19 Road Rage Pre-reading: definition and manifestation Road rage is aggressive or angry behavior by a driver of an automobile or other motor vehicle. Such behavior might include rude gestures, verbal insults, deliberately driving in an unsafe or threatening manner, or making threats. Road rage can lead to altercations, assaults, and collisions which result in injuries and even deaths. It can be thought of as an extreme case of aggressive driving. The term supposedly originated in the USA during the 1980s. The following are common manifestations of road rage: Generally aggressive driving, including sudden acceleration, braking, and close tailgating. Cutting others off in a lane, or deliberately preventing someone from merging. Sounding the vehicles horn or flashing lights excessively. Rude gestures (such as the finger). Shouting verbal abuse or threats. Intentionally causing a collision between vehicles. Exiting the car to attempt to start a confrontation, including striking someone elses vehicle with an object. Threatening to use or using a firearm or other deadly weapon. Throwing projectiles from a moving vehicle with the intent of damaging other vehicles. Spitting In the U.S., more than 300 cases of road rage annually have ended with serious injuries or even fatalities– 1200 incidents per year, according to the AAA Foundation study, and rising yearly throughout the six years of the study that examined police records nationally. I. Scanning and skimming title: road, rage foreword: aggressive driving, sickness, everyone else, an idiot ? Americans are angry when they drive on the road. They drive aggressively. They think of everyone else as an idiot. negative comment on this phenomenon II. Further reading 1st part : 1-8 paragraphs ? what? A. organization and main idea jungle: a metaphor of American road (1 para) ? popularity of the problem (51%) and consequences (2 para) ?