Analysis of parameters of aggressive behavior of drivers

In this study, driving aggression measured for Iranian men and women and then the contribution of anger related factors were examined for explaining traffic violation. For this reasons, we administrated Driving Anger Scale (DAS) and Driving Anger Expression (DAX). We also examined the relation between driving experience, gender, number of tickets and number of accidents in last three years. A sample of 185 drivers having three years of experience of driving responded to 33 items of DAS and 18 items of DAX. The results indicate that differences between men and women driving aggressiveness are minimal. The results show that dimension of driving aggressiveness in Iran is higher than other countries such as Finland, Netherland. Amateur driver had more tendencies to show aggressive behaviors. No correlation had been found between number of accidents, tickets and aggressive driving. The results show that other factors like as driver›s characteristics influence driving aggression.