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Road Rage: Driver Stress Profile

Take the test. Be honest with your answers; they will determine your current level of stress while driving.

Then, after a month of adopting the new attitudes, retake the test without looking at your previous results.

You should see obvious improvement. Your anger will be reduced and you will enjoy your journeys on the roads more.

A	ANGER	Almost Always	Sometimes	Rarely	Never
1.	Get angry at drivers generally
2.	Get angry at fast drivers
3.	Get angry at slow drivers
4.	Get angry when cut off
5.	Get angry at traffic lights that are out of order
6.	Get angry in traffic jams
7.	Spouse or friends tell you to calm down
8.	Get angry at vehicles following too closely
9.	Get angry at passengers
10.	Get angry when a road narrows to one-lane
B	IMPATIENCE	Almost Always	Sometimes	Rarely	Never
1.	Get impatient waiting for passenger to get in
2.	Get impatient in traffic jams
3.	Get impatient at traffic lights
4.	Get impatient waiting in queues, e.g. at tunnel tolls or filling stations
5.	Get impatient waiting for parking spaces
6.	As a passenger, get impatient with the driver
7.	Get impatient when a vehicle ahead slows down
8.	Get impatient if behind schedule
9.	Get impatient while driving in the first (slow) lane
10.	Get impatient with pedestrians crossing the street
C	COMPETITIVENESS	Almost Always	Sometimes	Rarely	Never
1.	Compete with other cars
2.	Compete with yourself, i.e. to beat previous journey times etc.
3.	Personalise the competition with another driver
4.	Challenge other drivers by initiating a competition
5.	Race other drivers on expressways
6.	Compete with other vehicles on approach to tunnel tolls
7.	Compete with other vehicles in traffic jams
8.	Compete with drivers who challenge you
9.	Compete with yourself or others for amusement when bored
10.	Do racing starts with other drivers from traffic lights
D	PUNITIVENESS	Almost Always	Sometimes	Rarely	Never
1.	Teach bad drivers a lesson / retaliate
2.	Complain to passengers about other drivers
3.	Swear at other drivers
4.	Make obscene gestures at other drivers
5.	Block other vehicles who want to pass
6.	Block other vehicles changing lanes
7.	Follow too closely to punish cars that do not give way to you
8.	Brake suddenly to send a message to someone following you
9.	Use high head light beam to punish other drivers who will not move over
10.	Try to cause damage to another vehicle or injure another person

Acknowledgement: The content of this training is based on Road Rage to Road Wise by John Larson, MD (Tom Doherty, 1999 paperback)

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