With the rapid development of social economy ,car ownership is increasing sharply in China,and traveling by car is common . fast-paced world stress is a constant and losing your temper a seemingly unavoidable side effect. When this happens to someone who is driving, we call it road rage.This paper focuse on the concepts and theoretical foundation of road rage.The paper also discussed some relevant variables of road rage such as age, gender, personality attribution style and emotion,as well as social variables and environmental variables,The paper also give important advice to prevent road rage and avoid or reduce the influence of road rage on traffic safety. <<