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I suppose in the same way that the term 'accident' became commonplace for crashes / incidents involving cars, since it absolves a lot of the need to imply responsibility to an individual for what's gone on.
If I recall, there's a growing trend to stop being using 'accident' and instead use 'incident' (I think). It makes it sound a lot less like crashing into one another is somehow a given...
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Does seem very odd. It is a terribly written article. I had to go back and forth trying to work out who was who in the situation only to finally work out that the one accused of "road rage" was the pedestrian at the time...It's just assault surely.
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@Oliver Schick
As if to prove a point, you really get strange ways in which the term is applied. Here's one that to me doesn't look like 'road rage' in the slightest.
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/millionaire-businessman-admits-driveway-road-rage-attack-on-pensioner-66-a3333086.html
Why is this 'road rage' rather than someone on a hair trigger flying off the handle in a completely random situation?