A new survey ranks Washington in the top five when it comes to rude drivers.

A new "Autovantage" survey says the Washington area ranked fifth, after Miami, Boston, New York and Baltimore when it came to rude drivers.

Takeisha Clark says she was once afraid for her life after another driver got out of his car to confront her about a parking space. "I believed I would have been dead or shot or something."

Clark's not the only one who's seen D.C. drivers turn red.

"You get cut-off on the Beltway. That's the worst thing," said motorist Audrey Dugger.

Most anyone can describe encounters with rude drivers all around the Beltway, inside and out. And while there's dismay about the reputation, there's no shock at the news.

One motorist agreed with the survey, "D.C. is a culture of impatient people, so put them all behind cars, smash the cars together and people are gonna get angry."

"That don't surprise me at all," said one motorist.

In fact, it only takes a few minutes on the road to find examples of inconsiderate, even dangerously, aggressive driving.

"They give you the finger, they cut in front of you," said another motorist.

"I think the big problem (is) how you drive and how you don't drive," said motorist Richard Dobris.

The District also has the not-so-proud distinction of being the number one place where drivers slam on their breaks. That's part of the reason Kristin Smith opts to walk rather than drive, but she says even as a pedestrian, you can feel the road rage wrath.

"Definitely look both ways more than once cause the drivers don't slow down," said Smith.

While some have come to accept the pushy drivers, others say, the rude image could be changed with one small gentle gesture. "At least to have the decency to say I'm sorry," said motorist Maria Wilson.

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According to the survey, 40% of drivers see others hitting their brakes at the last possible second in the District.

The survey also finds that Pittsburgh was rated as the city with the least amount of road rage, while Miami was rated with having the most road rage.

The report said that younger drivers with the longest commutes are most likely to react to an aggressive driver and that people with the longest drives are more likely to make an obscene gesture.

Text messaging was seen most in Houston, Denver, Phoenix and Miami. Prince Market Research interviewed 2,512 people between February and March. The survey has a 2% margin of error.