ROAD RAGE: 80% of drivers admit to getting angry behind the wheel

UPDATED: 7/14/2016: According to a new survey nearly 80 percent of drivers admit to having road rage in the past year.

“I see it happen all the time, in front of me behind me on the sides, and you could see women you know even throwing the flipping people off,” said Salinas resident, Freddy Guerra.

With more and more cars on the road drivers said honking and cars speeding by, happen daily.

“I feel sorry for them, they’re in a rush they’re probably angry and I just want to get out of their way,” said local driver, Janine Cohen.

California Highway Patrol said getting out of an angry drivers way is what they recommend doing. Incidents of road rage are sweeping across the nation. Several instances have already gotten a lot of attention. After an argument, a driver in Florida ran over a man on his motorcycle, breaking his leg.

“We’ve had cases where cars crash into other cars purposely push other cars out the road, or they shoot other motorist,” said CHP officer, Oscar Loza.

In a new survey from AAA nearly 8 in 10 U.S. drivers reported engaging in angry and aggressive behavior over the past year. 51 percent of the drivers said they purposely tailgate. 47 percent said they yelled at another driver, and 45 percent of drivers said they’ve honked at someone before. According to AAA drivers who actually get out of their car to confront someone are most likely between the ages of 19 to 39.

“If you get out of your vehicle and confront somebody else or want to fight somebody else because of it now you’re facing battery charges or assault charges,” said Loza.

“Oh yeah I do road rage all the time, the reason why I do it is because I don’t give myself enough time to get myself where I’m supposed to go so I’m speeding throughout the time and I feel like a lot of people drive slower than they should in Salinas,” said road rager, Isaac Valdez.

Thursday Valdez wasn’t going anywhere fast.

“I was just rushing like a road rager, and I came out to put some gas and I left my keys and locked my car,” Valdez said, “”It’s called being impatient, this is what happens when you’re impatient, it’s karma.”