Study Links Windscreen Stickers to Road Rage

If you wish to avoid becoming a victim of road rage, a recent study by Colorado State University suggests you could help yourself by not decorating your car with stickers. This unusual finding was reached following research that showed drivers with stickers or ornaments in their rear windscreen are more likely to drive in an aggressive, abrasive fashion. It was also found that such drivers are more likely to defend their road space and react angrily to drivers who encroach on them territorially.

Investigations into road rage have also been carried out by Continental Tyres, who found a correlation between drivers who passed their driving test second time and a more passive, safer driving approach at the wheel.