COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT OF ROAD RAGE AMONGST COMMERCIAL AND PRIVATE MOTORISTS IN OWERRI MUNICIPAL IMO STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract: Road Rage is accepted by all to have been in existence and seen amongst drivers, both commercial and private. It occurs when a driver reacts angrily to other drivers with some offensive attitude, gestures or actions. It is a public health concern and should be addressed as it is increasing. Therefore this study is aimed at comparatively assessing the prevalence, effects, associated factors of road rage amongst commercial and private motorists in Owerri Municipality, Imo State Nigeria and possible solutions to road rage.

Method: A cross sectional study was conducted in this study by distributing research questionnaires to 131 commercial motorists and 131 private motorists, with 97.0% (n=127) and 95.4% (n=125) response rate respectively. Socio-demographic questionnaire, Drivers Anger Scale, Effect of Road Rage questionnaire, Solution to Road Rage questionnaire were employed to obtain their demographics, assess motorists anger, health impact of road rage and their opinions on road rage prevention, respectively. . Data collected was analysed by descriptive statistics, using SPSS Version 26.

Result: Research reveals higher preponderance of male gender (n=99; 79.2% for private motorist and n =122,96.1% for commercial motorists). The prevalence of road rage was 88.2% and 59.2% among commercial and private motorists respectively. Analysis showed that private motorists are of the opinion that after road rage they experience more body aches (56.0% vs 50.4%) and chest symptoms (66.4% vs 66.1%) than the commercial motorists. Being patience and cautious on the road (n=168; 66.7%), tolerating mistakes of other motorists (n=180;71.4%), maintaining road facilities (n=134; 53.2%) and obeying traffic rules (n=236; 95.6%) were suggested by the participants as measures to curb road rage (Table 6).

Conclusion: Because of the high rate of road rage there is need for government to maintain the road, provide other means of survival for young people especially males and discourage sales and use of illicit substances.

Keywords: Road rage, Anger, Aggressive driving, Road transportation, Nigeria.

Title: COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT OF ROAD RAGE AMONGST COMMERCIAL AND PRIVATE MOTORISTS IN OWERRI MUNICIPAL IMO STATE, NIGERIA

Author: Udonna-ogbue Amarachi Faith, Prof nwabueze Simeon Achunam, Dr. Oriji Sunday Onyemache, Prof. Ubajiaka Chika Florence, Dr. Nkeiru Ezeama, Prof Akujobi Nne Comfort, Dr. Ohajinwa Chimere May

International Journal of Novel Research in Humanity and Social Sciences

ISSN 2394-9694

Vol. 10, Issue 4, July 2023 - August 2023

Page No: 23-34

Novelty Journals

Website: www.noveltyjournals.com

Published Date: 25-July-2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8173993

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