Outline of My Third Oral Presentation
The Sadness of
Road Rage
This is a presentation of “The Phenomenon of Road Rage: Complexities, Discrepancies and Opportunities for CR Analysis”; By K. Michelle Scott; Reference 10; Web Link: www.trinstitute.org/ojpcr/3_3scott.htm; 02MAY2005(M)
By: Constance J.K. DeCaires
Instructions
for this oral presentation are found at:
www.soc.hawaii.edu/leonj/leonj/leonpsy22/g22-oral.htm
I. Stories of Road
Rage
A. London carwash (Sunday Telegraph, 02 July,
2000).
B. Jerusalem
28 y.o.a. vs. 46 y.o.a. (The Jerusalem Post, 21 June 2000).
C.
D.
E. My opinion
II. Definitions of
Road Rage
A. In Ontario, Canada road rage is defined as “random acts of violence or aggressive behavior carried out by frustrated or over-stressed drivers.”
B. In California psychologist Dr. Arnold Nerenberg defines road rage as, "When one driver lets another driver know that he or she is angry because of something the other driver did. In expressing that anger, the driver might make obscene gestures, scream, honk, put on the brakes, cut in front or brandish a weapon. Or even use the weapon"
C. A study funded by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety defined road rage as "an angry or impatient motorist or passenger intentionally injures or kills another motorist, passenger, or pedestrian, or attempts or threatens to injure or kill another motorist, passenger or pedestrian", "distinguished from other traffic incidents by their willful and criminal nature".
D. My reaction
III. Identifying the
Causes for Road Rage
A. Some suggested probable causes:
-Listening to loud, thumping music
on the car radio while driving
-An overriding cultural focus on "time" as a limited resource, including concerns about "saving time," "using time wisely," "being on time," and "time being money"
-The summer heat
-Increased immigration trends leading to a mixture of different driving styles
-Decreased drivers education in schools
-Dehumanization of the other
-An attempt to attain power in an otherwise powerless existence
B. My thoughts
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