School of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran
Abstract
Nowadays, aggressive behaviors are observed repeatedly among drivers of our country especially in the metropolitan cities and its number and intensity is increasing day by day. These behaviors which are generally unsafe, directly affect the behavior and operation of other drivers as well. Therefore, such behaviors decrease the safety of highways and increase the probability of accidents. Due to high accident rates and multiplicity of such behaviors in the country, special attention is required to deal with such a critical subject. This article deals with the fact that aggressive driving in most cases is a result of interactions between drivers and the driving environment. In this concern, solving this issue not only needs law enforcement but also requires modification or elimination (if possible) of the existing irritants and problems in the driving environment. In this study, some methods related to training, engineering and law enforcement are presented and merged as a multi-discipline method with the aim of finding appropriate solutions towards dealing efficiently with parameters affecting aggressive driving.