Psychological aspects of aggressive behavior in traffic of drivers – parents transporting children

The issue of aggressiveness on the road today is a huge problem. Accidents with participation of drunken drivers, verbal hassles are a common view on the Polish streets nowadays. Statistics show that young drivers are the most often causers of such behaviour. Statistics of road accidents show that driver with age becomes more responsible, less inclined towards aggression on the road. But is it really so? Certainly in a large compound with aggressive behaviours are personality determi-nants. Parenting is also factor connected with such behaviour. The drivers, who are parents travelling with their own children in the vehicle, control their emotions, on the one hand, and show more patience on the other, have less tendency to an ag-gressive behaviour. The application is the thesis that parenthood, is a significant factor that modulates the aggressive behaviour on the road.