Road Rage and Some Freeway Shootings Are Most Likely the Result

question 534

Multiple Choice

Road rage and some freeway shootings are most likely the result of

• A) the frustration of traffic congestion with automobiles providing anonymity, or a loss of personal identity.
• B) urban societies being desensitized by the violence and apathetic to their fellow motorists.
• C) instinctual drives for aggression being elicited by the honking horns and angry gestures.
• D) the car serving as an aggressive weapons effect.

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