Study puts Georgia in top 10 for deadly road rage shootings

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – A brand new report ranks Georgia at No. 7 in deadly road-rage shootings.

The research is a part of the “State of the American Driver” report put collectively by the makers of Jerry, an app that compares automobile insurance coverage costs. The report analyzes all varieties of numbers associated to driving, starting from automobile buying to automobile crime.

The knowledge was gathered in a survey of Individuals that additionally discovered 25% of Georgia drivers report that they carry a gun in their very own automobile and 32% know another person who does.

On a nationwide stage, the stats additionally confirmed:

• The variety of highway rage shootings has doubled in recent times, and 35 states now permit residents to hold loaded handguns of their vehicles with none particular allow or formal coaching. The research discovered 14% of motorists in these 35 states stated they accomplish that a minimum of often. That features 20% of males and practically one in 10 girls. For Gen Z, 41% of whom stated driving has grow to be extra harmful for the reason that peak of COVID, that quantity was 25%.
• Up to now 12 months, many Individuals witnessed car chases (18%), a driver leaving their automobile to confront somebody (17%), a car making an attempt to cease one other (10%), an altercation involving a weapon (7%), a confrontation involving a gun (4%) and somebody firing a gun (4%). However, 30% of drivers didn’t see or become involved in a highway rage incident of any form throughout that interval.
• Extra drivers from low-income ZIP codes witness acts of highway rage. Solely 14% of low-income Individuals stated they noticed none, in comparison with 34% of high-income, 29% of high- to middle-income and 32% of low- to middle-income drivers.

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