Outline of My Second Oral Presentation

“Supportive Driving”

This is a presentation of
”Road Rage and Aggressive Driving: Steering Clear of Highway Warfare”; Dr Leon James & Dr Diane Niale; Prometheus Books, 2000 Pages 178-189; www.DrDriving.org

By Jayson Dicho

Instructions for this oral presentation are found at:

www.soc.hawaii.edu/leonj/leonjpsy22/g22-oral.htm

I. Passenger Terrorism

A. Human Rights Violation

- Accepted Norm that Passengers are not to make comments or complaints, about how driving bothers, upsets, or scares them.

B. The car is a convenient Prison

- Drivers control what passengers can do (Eat, drink, bathroom breaks, etc)

- Why do they do it? Driving economy to make a few miles.

C. My Opinion

II. Driving Miss Daisy

A. Passengers also have a reputation of bothering drivers.

Ex: Backseat Drivers (They feel they need to be in control of the vehicle so they control the driver) Complain when to switch lanes, when to speed up, when to slow down, etc.

B. Passengers are out of line when they interfere with the operation of the vehicle, the driver has to be in charge.

Ex. “I can’t believe your driving the speed limit! Everyone’s going faster 65! You’re the only one going 55! Geez hurry up! Drive faster!”

C. Instead of arguing, help them focus their attention on a different topic activity.

Ex: Saying “I will not drive fast with other people in the car. I’m committed to obeying traffic laws even though it means getting grief from my friends.” “ If I’m driving so slow then why is everyone behind me”

D. My Opinion

III. Partnership Driving Exercise

A. Purpose is to Develop an Objective view of yourself as a driver.

B. 2 Roles Driver and the Driving partner (passenger), Driving partner functions as a human mirror reflecting what your driving looks like to others. 2 day exercise.

C. Avoid criticizing, be objective start with yourself in each comment.

Ex: “I feel anxious about how fast we’re going”

D. My Opinion

Helpful Links:

http://www2.hawaii.edu/~nahl/talks/book-index-talk.html

http://www.healthylife.net/body/DrivHazArt.html

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