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There's a study linking road rage to the level of authoritarianism in a country's government. It's also tightly linked to machismo.
I personally think that it has a lot to do with inadequate infrastructure that requires people to communicate while restricting possibilities for communication (i.e. multi lane roads with high speed limits), combined with lacking drivers' ed and a fragmented highly individualistic society.
My wife is usually really nice, we line in a country with heavily enforced and low speed limits, and driving here is generally boring (it's a good thing). But when she is driving, it can go like this:
[something minor happens]
Wife: PIECE OF SHIT! WHAT THE FUCK IS HE DOING? oh why am I so angry? why? am I alright?
On contrary, I am sometimes impulsive and when I hate something, I usually speak my mind. But somehow when I'm driving I'm chill like when I'm stoned. We have no idea how it works.