Psychology 409a,
My Second Outline of Assigned
By Julia Dailey
Road Rage Personalities
Leon
James and Diane Nahl (2000). Road Rage and Aggressive Driving: Steering
Clear of Highway Warfare .
Pages
84-96.
Instructions for this
activity are found at:
www.soc.hawaii.edu/leonj/leonj/leonpsy23/409a-g23-oral.htm
Instructor: Dr. Leon
James
Concept One:
A.
Passive-Aggressive road rage occurs when someone is either unaware
of other driver’s desires or retaliating against another driver’s desire.
B.
This behavior can be seen when a driver is not paying attention and
is oblivious to the line of cars behind them.
It encompasses times when a driver wishes to “teach someone a lesson” by
going under the speed limit in the left lane.
C.
I think that monitoring passive-aggressive drivers is the most
difficult, because while frustrating to others they tend not to break the law.
Concept Two:
A.
Those drivers that feel
the left lane is only for excessive speed, and become enraged when detained by
someone moving slower then them.
B.
These are the drivers that will tailgate become frustrated very
quickly and make dangerous situations such as passing on the right.
C. I think that left lane bandits are one of the groups to be most wary of and one should always try to move to the right lane if possible.
Concept Three:
A. The act of verbally abusing someone whether they can hear it or not, any negative statements made about another driver.
B. This is a constant on the road it seems, people are making judgments about other drivers all of the time and putting them down verbally.
C. I am extremely guilty of this form of road rage as I often attribute people’s poor choices to stupidity or just simply being rude. This is another very difficult form of road rage to combat.
Links:
Related Links:
http://observer.thecentre.centennialcollege.ca/opinion/driving_kgroves012204.htm
http://www.heraldnet.com/stories/03/11/2/17695382.cfm
http://www.cpa-apc.org/Publications/Archives/CJP/2003/november/smart.asp