Driver-training material distinguishes "aggressive driving" from "road rage." What is the key difference between the two?

Explanation

Aggressive driving describes reckless or selfish driving behavior that disregards the safety of other road users, such as frequent abrupt lane changes, while road rage goes further into intent to physically harm another driver or damage their vehicle. Awareness of hazards created by other motorists' behavior is part of the required knowledge CDL applicants must have under 49 CFR 383.111(a)(1)(ii), but that paragraph only points broadly at "procedures for safe vehicle operations" across several CFR parts; it does not itself define or distinguish these two terms, which is standard driver-safety training content rather than a codified federal rule. The other options fail for a shared reason: each invents a distinction (traffic density, legal classification) that has nothing to do with the actual line between reckless disregard and intent to harm, and the last option denies that a meaningful distinction exists at all.

Source: 49 CFR 383.111(a)(1)(ii)