Road Rage

For many of us, driving is routine - until it isn’t. Anne O'Dwyer has spent her career studying how emotion and perception influence behavior. A professor of psychology at Bard College at Simon’s Rock, she brings years of classroom experience and scholarly research to her latest work.In her new book, "A Driving Anger: The Psychology of Road Rage," O’Dwyer investigates the psychological forces that make driving such fertile ground for anger. She joined the Roundtable this morning for a detailed discussion about road rage.

In the new book “A Driving Anger: The Psychology of Road Rage” Anne O’Dwyer investigates the psychological forces that make driving such fertile ground for anger. She explains how the illusion of anonymity, cognitive distortions, and the stressors of modern life can converge on the roadway turning minor inconveniences into outsized reactions.

Vermont State Police are investigating a road rage crash on the interstate north of Burlington that sent the drivers to the hospital.Troopers responded to…