A car can be kind of a weapon to the Law. Not only it is dangerous as it comes to the pollution it produces, but also due to drivers misbehavior. This last issue also applies to other ways of transport. Thus, the concept of Vial Criminology deals with criminal and victim study focused on road safety. It also treats with preventing crashes and tries to avoid risk behavior.

Other interesting concept is the Vial Victimology which studies crash victims, for instance bikers, who are the most vulnerable in roads and determines innocent, imprudent, provocative or simulated victims. Such analysis allows understanding better all the actors on roads and work on preventive strategies to avoid accidents.

According to the book La mente del delicuente vial, by José María González, there are three types of vial criminals:

– Vial aggressive: who shows hostile conducts

– Vial criminal: who shows dangerous hostility plus acts like vial harassment

– Vial terrorist: who uses his vehicle to cause wilful damage

What should we do against vial harassment? Keep calm, never commit aggression against the car driver and call police if needed. Ideally, respect and comprehension will diminish vial harassment.

In Spain, more than 40% of serious or mortal crashes are associated with criminal behavior and committed by young man between 20 and 40. And 8% of they are repeat vial criminals.