South Africa: South Africa's Road Rage Problem Goes Deeper Than Bad Drivers
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[ISS] Accumulated stress, inequality and normalised violence find expression on the road - and a firearm can turn misperception fatal.
Accumulated stress, inequality and normalised violence find expression on the road - and a firearm can turn misperception fatal.
The fatal Johannesburg shooting in which 48-year-old driver Faisal Ul Rehman was killed, and his wife Tehseen Zahara Faisal critically injured, has drawn public attention to the dangers of road rage.
While the legal process will determine the specifics of this case, it raises a broader, more urgent question: Why do ordinary driving conflicts so regularly escalate into lethal violence?
