I'm Addiction to Risk Taking Behavior While Driving By Robin
Miller
CONTRIBUTIONS FOR
Driver's Support Groups
My Problem is that
I am Addicted to Risk Taking
Behavior While
Driving
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MY HOMEPAGE
Leon James HOMPAGE
Welcome to the University of Hawaii at Manoa contributions for DANGEROUS
DRIVING BEHAVIOR!!
Are you Addicted to Risk Taking Behavior While
Driving?
Do you speed through yellow lights or weave in and out of
traffic?
What other driving risks do you take?
Maybe your a
reckless driving addict and don't know it!
Don't hesitate to leave
a CONTRIBUTION and let me know your
DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR!
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 1996
From: Sherman A Lee
Place: Honolulu, Hawaii
Well Robin I guess I'm also guilty of being addicted(sometimes)
to risk taking behavior while driving also. I always seem to think I'm
invincible when I drive. Like for some reason when I'm driving I don't
think about how close I am in getting into an accident until I really
get close. but until then I seem to drive like an idiot. For example:
Two days ago I was in a rush to get to school. there was a lot of
traffic on the way so I started playing race car driver; weaving in and
out of cars without once checking my mirrors. Three times I almost ran
into other cars that I didn't see merging in the opposite lanes because I
wasn't checking. Pretty stupid of me. Anyways, after the last car
almost hit me I started driving more cautiously. I seem to go through
this invincibility cycle almost every day until I get close to an
accident and then I'm cautious, but only for few hours and then I'm back
at it again!!!!
Date: March 6, 1996
From: Ron Simon
Place: Honolulu, Hawaii
It all started during my 6 years in Europe while I was in the Air Force.
The people in the country that I was in (SPAIN), live on the philosophy
that one can respect the laws without obeying. This is very much displayed
on the roads and highways there. There are speed limit signs posted
everywhere that no spaniard seem to see. Since I love to drive at high
speeds, I quickly picked up on this habit along with taligating at
100mph, passing on the right shoulder or the median, dangerously passing
a car on a two lane road with only split seconds to get back to my
lane, and double or sometimes triple parking my car. I had a sense of
real freedom since the police rarley enforced traffic laws. For the first
time in my life I could drive as fast as I wanted without looking in the
rear view mirror for a cop. If I did receive a ticket by some bored
spanish cop that didn't like americans, I would get it in
the mail and throw it away because I knew that the spanish govt. wouldn't
dare come looking for an american airman for a traffic infraction(my
superiors said so. After
six years I think I might of owed at least $3000 worth of tickets. Since
I was
part of a previeleged american military force, they were all overlooked
like all tickets that are issued out to american GI's in foriegn contries.
Things are kind of different today. I was forced to extinguish most of
my risk taking behaviors due to the fact that I would stand out like a
sore thumb and be easily spotted by the cops. Also, I am an overpaid,
drivers trainer for a nation-wide transportaion company that must preach
defensive driving. But, once I am done at work for the day, I get in my
car and continue taking the existing risks that I still haven't
extinguished like speeding.
Date: Wed, 6 Mar 1996
From: Noreen Jacob Dorion
Place: Honolulu, Hawaii
Well I guess I'm a risk taker when I drive. I mean how else would
you describe a person that drives crazy like I do. I'm usually an alert
driver, but sometimes when I have a lot on my mind I'd just go in my car
and start driving. I would get so involved with what I have on my mind
that I would forget that I'm on the road driving. I often end up running
trough red lights and stop signs. Luckily I haven't hit any cars or people,
and now that I think about it I came close to hitting a car once or twice
already. Another risk that I take is that I've notice that I start weaving
trough cars and I tend to cut them off very closely when I change into
their lanes.. Isn't that stupid? I remember I made this car slam on his
breaks for doing just that. Boy, was the driver of the car pissed off.
Although I am not addicted to risk, I do find my self taking a lot of them.
Leave me EMAIL
MY HOMEPAGE
Leon James HOMPAGE