Dr. Sepulveda
Annotated Bibliography
18th September 2014
Understanding the causes of Road Rage
Yakovlev, Pavel, and Arzu Sen. "What Drives Road Rage?" Atlantic Economic Journal
36.3 (2008): 361-362. Business Source Complete. Web. 4 Sept. 2014.
The author of this academic journal explains a survey that was conducted for the second year in a row about the topic on road rage. It discusses various demographic, geographic and economic of people that were taken from the U.S Census Bureau of 25 largest metro areas. Only a few significant variables such as percentage of Hispanics, percentage of high school graduates, foreigners, homeowners, average travel time to work, and population density all were considered valuable information to further conduct research. The results from that survey concluded that people with higher education and higher home ownership tend to have better driving etiquette and lower levels of road rage, compared to those raised in highly populated cities and longer travel time to work suffer a great deal from road rage. ‘‘Education, population density, commute time, and home ownership rates have a strong connection with road rage in US cities.’’
Cavacuiti, Christopher, et al. "Victims Of Road Rage: A Qualitative Study Of The
Experiences Of Motorists And Vulnerable Road Users." Violence & Victims 28.6 (2013): 1068-1084. Omni File Full Text Select (H.W. Wilson). Web. 4 Sept. 2014.
The Objective of this article describes the vulnerability of victims of road rage, and to learn more about the vulnerable road users (VRUs) like inline skaters, pedestrians, and cyclists. So 29 people were interviewed as victims twenty of them were in a motor vehicle, while the other nine were pedestrians/cyclists. The research used to analysis was reported to have a correlation between the incidents their vulnerability and the perceived intensity and severity of the incidents. However, readers learn that author suggests that defenselessness and
Bibliography: Yakovlev, Pavel, and Arzu Sen. "What Drives Road Rage?" Atlantic Economic Journal 36.3 (2008): 361-362 Experiences Of Motorists And Vulnerable Road Users." Violence & Victims 28.6 (2013): 1068-1084. Omni File Full Text Select (H.W. Wilson). Web. 4 Sept. 2014. Byrne, Gerry. "Road rage." New Scientist 168.2268 (2000): 38. Academic OneFile. Web. 8 Sept