Temper, temper! Britain's road rage capital is Lincoln and 69 year old men are the most frequent culprits, Privilege Insurance claims. The insurer's study showed that 61% of residents regularly have incidents behind the wheel. The national average is 46%. The study concludes that the average motorist in the UK – either as a victim or perpetrator – experiences road rage every 20 minutes or 7 miles. It typically lasts about 4 minutes including any subsequent fuming time. This, the study claimed, equates to 5 months throughout a motorist's lifetime. Monday morning at 7am is the most likely time for an eruption – perhaps due to the forthcoming stress of a week at work.

For the purposes of the study road rage is: raising of the voice, swearing, hand gestures, flashes of lights or beeping the horn in response to the actions of another driver, cyclist or pedestrian. And it seems the older generation is the most likely to become irate behind the wheel. 69 year old men are the most frequent offenders followed by: 79 year old men, 50 year old men and 39 year old women. Common triggers include: being cut-up, a lack of indicating, witnessing the use of a mobile phone, tailgating, queue jumping and being stuck behind a slow moving vehicle. The least frequent culprits are 21 year old females.

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