Outline of My Eighth Required Weekly Outline (Not Oral)

Classifying Types of Road Rage in the Road Rage Spectrum

This is a presentation of Dream Cars and Accessories

Dr. Leon James and Dr. Diane Nahl; Published by Prometheus Books, 2000, pg. 254-268

By: Julia Mae Geraghty

Instructions for this oral presentation are found at:

www.soc.hawaii.edu/leonj/leonj/leonpsy22/g22-oral.htm

I. Getting the “cool” Driver’s Image

a. Although all people look for something different when purchasing a car, if asked what was your dream car, many people would reply with something ultra fast, amphibious, powerful, and packed with luxury features.

b. This is due to the want of the “driver’s image” that has be depicted to us in magazine, television, and newspaper ads.

c. Opinion

i. I have to doubt that this is very true in many instances. When I bought a car, I wanted a good price, good gas mileage, made by a good company, but of course I got all that AND leather seats, V6 engine, sunroof, CD player, coupe, and classic white because it was available to me… and makes me feel cooler J.

II. Driving Music

a. Music and driving commonly go hand in hand, yet it can affect the driver in a negative way. It can have the power to calm or excite which can increase or decrease one’s road rage.

b. Opinion

i. I listen to music almost every time I am driving; yet many times I feel that when I turn my music off and I have silence I can concentrate more efficiently. When I first learned to drive my parents would not allow me to listen to music until my automatic self kicked in.

c. Example

i. If one is listening to Marilyn Manson they may become agitated and angry because many of his songs depict violent thoughts, however soothing music may calm one’s nerves and therefore make them less prone to road rage.

III. Dashboard Dining

a. Cars have become so technology advanced that many of them are now equipped with cooking appliances

i. Microwaves

ii. Refrigerators

iii. Trash compactors!

b. Although convenient, these appliances may distract the driver from his/her main goal, driving safely.

c. Opinion

i. I don’t see a problem with coolers, and even refrigerators in cars. However it’s getting a little over the top when you put a stove in a car that is not intended to be lived in.

d. Example

i. Pimp my ride and the fireplace – just doesn’t seem safe.

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