第1134期：你（也）是路怒症患者吗？- road rage and angry drivers

发布于2021年6月24日2021年6月24日作者:佛老

相对而言，在上海开车还是比较舒心的，我指的是跟北京比——上海没首堵那么堵。

但在上海开车经常碰见一个北京不常见的现象，以乘坐出租车为例。

我一个人打的时永远只坐后排右侧那个位子，一来方便，二来是安全考量。在这个位子上你可以最全面地观察到司机或者跟司机聊天。假如突然有一辆车猛地一下插队到了你的的士前面，这时候你的上海的士司机一般会骂一句“嚓拿”（mother fuxxer），然后猛踩一脚油门，熟练地加速到前车左侧与它并行，同时放下右侧车窗，再正式对那个插队司机怒骂几句“嚓拿”，然后满意地加速从其他车道开走。司机觉得这样才算出了气。

这是典型的上海人在这种场景下的行为方式，我觉得其实挺好的，骂两句就得了，双方都不耽误继续行路。比东北那种“你瞅啥瞅你咋滴操”好多了。

路上的车越来越多，开车的人越来越多，路越来越堵，开车的人越来越急躁，很多人是 angry driver，路上每天都有很多路怒症患者。

路怒是 road rage 的直译，我觉得翻译得不好，明明是 rage on the road, 直译成汉语搞得好像生气的是无辜的路似的。

给你看一组美国 road rage的数据：

In 2019, 82% of people admitted to committing an act of road rage in the past year. (The Zebra)
A total of 12,610 injuries and 218 murders have been attributed to road rage over a seven-year period in the United States (SafeMotorist).
66% of traffic fatalities are caused by aggressive driving (NHTSA)
Road rage has been responsible for about 300 deaths since 2013. (NHTSA)
Over a seven-year time period, more than 200 murders and 12,000 injuries were attributed to road rage. (American Automobile Association)
30 murders annually are linked to road rage. (American Psychological Association)
50% of drivers respond to the careless acts of other drivers with aggressive behavior themselves (American Psychology Association)
94% of traffic accidents are caused by driver error. (NPR)
37% of aggressive driving incidents involve a firearm. (AutoVantage Club)
Aggressive driving played a role in 56% of fatal crashes from 2003 through 2007 (Insurance Information Institute)
500% increase in reported cases of road rage over the last 10 years. (CNN)