Table 3

Two Stages of a Driving Personality Makeover Plan

Stage 1--Avoiding Being an Aggressive Driver
Affective Level Overcoming my resistance to change	Cognitive Level Learning to do rational analyses of traffic incidents	Sensorimotor Level Acting out civil behavior
committing myself to inhibit or mitigate states of anger and retaliation making it acceptable for passenger to complain or make suggestions making it unacceptable for myself to ridicule or demean other drivers activating higher motives within myself such as love of order and fair play, public spiritedness, charity, kindness to strangers	·  reasoning against  my attribution errors (It's always their fault.  It's never my fault) · counteracting my self-serving bias in how I view incidents · acquiring more socialized self-regulatory sentences I can say to myself	· waving, smiling, signaling · not crowding, not rushing in, not swearing · not aggressing against passengers · pretending that I'm in a good mood even when not
Stage 2--Becoming a Supportive Driver
Affective Level Maintaining a supportive orientation towards other drivers	Cognitive Level Analyzing driving situations objectively	Sensorimotor Level Behaving in a cooperative style
·        feeling responsible for errors and seeking opportunities to make reparations ·        feeling regret at my unfriendly behaviors and impulses ·        feeling good about behaving with civility or kindness ·        feeling appreciation when being given advice by passenger ·        being forgiving of others' mistakes and weaknesses	·        acknowledging and knowing my driving errors ·        planning and rehearsing the modification of those habits ·        analyzing other drivers' behaviors objectively or impartially	·        anticipating the needs of other drivers and being helpful to them ·        verbalizing nice sentiments ·        enjoying the ride and relaxing