Whether you shout and swear at bad drivers who cut you up  or are blissfully unaware of the road wars happening around you, people cope with rush-hour driving in different ways.

Now a group of psychologists has identified seven ways in which people respond on the road and have created an interactive quiz based on its research.
Personalities range from ‘the competitor’ for whom life is a race to ‘the punisher’ who takes it upon themselves to get even with bad drivers.
The study was carried out by experts at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) with tyre manufacturer Goodyear.
The psychologists found different driving personalities emerge in different situations when drivers interact with others on the road.
‘Much of the time we can sit happily in the comfortable bubble of our car, but around any corner we may have to interact with other drivers. This makes the road a challenging and uncertain social environment,' said Dr Chris Tennant, study leader and social psychologist at LSE.
‘While we may worry about others’ driving, this research suggests that their behavior also depends on what we do. We create the personalities that we don’t like.
‘From a psychological point of view, these different types of personalities represent different outlets that drivers use to deal with their frustrations and strong feelings.

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