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Rockville Pike cracks top 10 of most ‘passive-aggressive roads’ in the US

By Jimmy Alexander

Stress from driving on the Beltway, Interstate 270, Interstate 66 and Interstate 95 can lead to road rage, but according to a survey of more than 3,000 people, traveling near congested shopping centers causes people to react with hidden hostility.

The research provided by American River Wellness Recovery shows roads like Rockville Pike, which came in No. 7 on a national list of most passive-aggressive roads, triggers people to tailgate, break-check, lean on their horns and block other drivers from merging.

These commercial corridors packed with restaurant entrances, school traffic, malls and strip centers often have many red lights, stop signs, short merge lanes and a lot of bumper-to-bumper traffic.

The survey found many of the roads on the list aren’t chaotic or aggressive at all. Instead, they’re often in wealthier suburban areas where drivers show passive‑aggressive behavior in small, subtle ways rather than of blowing up.

The Top 10 most-passive-aggressive roads in the US:

1. Ventura Boulevard, Los Angeles
2. U.S. 1 (Federal Highway), Fort Lauderdale, Florida
3. Central Avenue (Yonkers to White Plains Corridor), Westchester County, New York
4. U.S. 280 through Mountain Brook, Homewood, Vestavia Hills, and Hoover, Alabama
5. Route 17 through Paramus, Paramus, New Jersey
6. Lancaster Avenue, Philadelphia Main Line, Pennsylvania
7. Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland
8. North Avenue, Chicago
9. Route 1 (Boston Post Road) through Guilford and Madison, Guildford and Madison, Connecticut
10. Westheimer Road, Houston

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By Thomas Robertson
The charter bus that rammed into cars on Interstate 95 in Virginia, leading to a multivehicle crash in late May that killed five people and injured dozens, traveled almost half a mile after initially striking vehicles that were backed up in traffic before coming to rest, according to a new report. In its preliminary report on the May 29 crash, the National Transportation Safety Board said the bus, operated by E&P Travel Inc. and driven by 48-year-old Jing Dong, struck two cars at the end of a traffic jam on I-95 in Stafford County just after 2:30 a.m. The bus then, according to the report, continued into traffic for about .44 miles, leading to the involvement of eight additional vehicles in the crash.
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