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What To Do With All This Stupid Traffic

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By: Kyle Takeshima

Instructions for this oral presentation are found at:

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

I Traffic Psychology, And How To Make The Roads A Nicer Place To Be:

A. A brief list of things to think about when driving.

a. Turn on your turn signal so others know what is happening around them.

b. Have positive mental scenarios rather then negative ones.

c. Use brakes as a way to tell the drivers in the back what is to come. i.e. if there will be a stop ahead or if there is something in the road.

d. Avoid quick and sometimes dangerous maneuvers.

B. Example.

a. When I am driving or riding I always try to use my turn signals to be courteous to other drivers. When my girlfriend drives she never uses them and I always wonder why. I think it is inconsiderate and dangerous for the drivers around us.

b. When I am riding my bike I always flash the brakes when I am coming to a stop so the driver behind me will notice my brakes a bit better and will also be able to stop in time.

C. Opinion

a. The traffic that we all have to deal with on a daily basis can be a nightmare. I feel that even in our fast paced world we can still have some common courtesy on the roads, and it will make it a nicer place to be.

II. Speeding As An Addiction?

A. The three ways to overcome the speeding addiction.

a. Reconditioning procedures for sensory and motor reactions.

b. Teaching people again why there are speed limits and why speeding is bad and dangerous.

c. Education focusing basically on better morals on the road and heading towards becoming a better driver.

B. Example

a. I am the bad guy of this section. I do not speed excessively over the speed limit most of the time. I am usually 10-15 above the speed limit. On my motorcycle I have reached well over 100 on straight-aways. I think that I maybe addicted.

C. Opinion

a. Speeding should be treated as an addiction because it is one. For the most part everyone speeds… Wait is this just a rationalization that I have made to make myself believe it is okay to speed. Hmmm… Maybe

III. Rehab For Speeders

A. Things Speeders Should Be Learning

a. Have some patience, the main thing is that everyone gets where they need to go safely.

b. A yellow light is coming up I should slow down. No need to rush it.

c. I shouldn’t pass all these cars because I know that at the next light they will be right beside me anyway.

B. Example

a. I like the feeling of going fast but a lot of times I pass people on the freeway only to see them right behind me or maybe just a few cars behind me at the next stop. This should be telling me that it really is not worth it. They got to the same destination in basically the same time going the speed limit and they wouldn’t have had the chance of getting caught for speeding either.

C. Opinion

a. People may get defensive about their driving habits when you try to talk to them about it or correct them on something that they may be doing wrong unconsciously. But if a person gets defensive I think that is the first sign that they need help.

b. Treating speeding like an addiction is a good way to come at it, because for a good part of the person’s life they have done it this way and people are trying to tell them to do it differently. It should be a step by step process to get the speeder to slowly change their habbits.

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