PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Arizona’s Family sat down with former Phoenix Police Det. Darren Burch to get his take on why the Valley is seeing so many instances of road rage lately.

He said when people are on edge and stressed out about things going on in their life, it doesn’t take much for them to lose their temper and lash out.

“It doesn’t have to be somebody already in the criminal system, it could be just a normal person that’s just having a really bad time in their life,” said Burch. “Stress keeps building, building, building and then they are in what might be a normal situation, someone cuts them off and they lose it, and all of a sudden become violent and outraged and that’s road rage.”

Forensic psychologist Erin Nelson said a lot of people these days, are dealing with anger and anxie

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