Table of Contents

• Introduction

Part 1

Traffic Psychology on the Internet by Cynthia Yap G2

Part 2

Portrayals of Driving Behavior on TV: Are These Images Promoting Bad Driving On Our Roads? by Brandi Ashby G7
 

Part 3

Web Designer Principle As I See It by Rudy Dolfo G6
 

Part 4

How Driver's Communicate: From the Infamous "Bird" to the "Courteous Smile" by Michael Silva
 

Conclusion

 
 

Introduction

 This page is about the past generations' reports. I have picked a few of past generations reports that have caught my attention. I have commented on what I thought about it and my views on whether or not I agree or disagree with the opinions of the past generations. It was an interesting experience going through the viewpoints of traffic and cyber psychology survivors/fatalities. There's definitely a difference between the first generation and the last, not only in the technicalities of the web designs but in the students' personalities as well.

Part 1
      Initial Self Assessment as a Driver by Bryan M. Yucoco

Why I Chose This Report

I chose Bryan's report because I wanted to see what the earlier generations has wrote about.  I was curious to see if there was difference, if any, between the earlier generation and now.  I was also interested in his topic about self assessing while driving.  I wanted to see if I was a good or bad as a driver I thought.

It was by chance that I clicked on Bryan's name.  However, his introduction really got my attention because he was having the same difficulties using a computer as I was.   I also found it very hard and frustrating to get into the computer labs and having to wait or using my connections  to get access to a computer.   I even had a computer blew up on me.  :Þ

The topic of Bryan's report is self assessment as a driver.    He talked about various changes a person goes through when they get behind the wheel.   Some of the things he discussed in his report includes swearing, speeding, rushing, tailgating, and mood swings.   According to Bryan, he turns in to a Mr. Hyde as soon as he gets into a car to drive.   He rationalizes he actions by saying that he feels pressured somehow, whenever he gets behind the wheel, to go fast.  He finds himself a victim of his "driving personality".   According  Bryan, he gets a rush whenever he gets into his car.  The feeling of anticipation for speed gives him that rush and the more time he gets into his car to drive, the faster he has to drive in order to reach that same rush he got last time.  Therefore fore he is driving faster and faster every time he gets into a car.  By observing himself, Bryan found a lot of fault with his attitude while driving.  However, he was not surprised to find it so.
 

The impression I got from reading Bryan's report was that it was very well thought out.  He took his time to observe his own behavior while he was driving and commented on it.  It didn't seem like he just rushed through his report just to get it over it.  I liked the fact that just because it was himself he was observing, he didn't try to make himself look good by saying things like he rarely engaged in those kinds of activities.
 

Compared to other reports I liked Bryan's report very much.  I thought it was very good.  His report was a very interesting read.  He didn't just list  his findings and observations.  He integrated it into his story so that it actually made sense and I knew what he was talking about.

Part 2
   Portrayals of Driving Behavior on TV: Are These Images
    Promoting Bad Driving on Our Roads? by Brandi Ashby

Why I chose this report

I chose Brandi's report because of her title.  It sounded interesting.  I know that watching violence on TV promotes violence in people and wanted to find out if it's true for driving as well.

It was mostly random choice that lead me to her report.  I wanted to see some of the reports written by the middle generations and clicked through their reports until I found a report that sounded interesting.  Also her web page was nice.  Not too many fancy stuffs.  It was easy to read and navigate through.

Brandi's topic was on bad driving shown on TV.  Do people who watch bad driving on TV really mimic it?   According to Brandi's report, yes.  People really do mimic what they see on TV.   She observed ten different examples of bad driving and broke them down separately.  She also gave a rating system and evaluated the driver as well as the actual driving.   She looked at movies, commercials and music videos. She give good detailed descriptions of the driving behaviors shown on the TV.   It seems that seeing bad or reckless driving on TV does play a role in how you yourself drives.  Brandi points out that when people sees an actor weaving in and out of traffic coming dangerously close to an accident, yet still manages to not get a single scratch on a car, they start to think that "Hey I could do that".  They begin to have this mind set of "If they can do it, so can I".  This kind of mind set makes people makes the road a dangerous and sometimes a deadly place for drivers as well as passengers and bystanders.
 

I really liked Brandi's report.  It was very interesting to read .  Her report was very informative and easy to understand.  I had never really thought about people mimicking bad driving they see on TV.  However, I guess it was only logical that they do that since too much exposure to violence from TV does promote violence in real life.
 

I thought her report was very good compare to some of the reports I've seen.  Some of the reports were pretty long that they scared me off even before I had a chance to read it.  However, her report wasn't long or short.  I think the points she wanted to cover went well.  She didn't keep droning on  and on.

Part 3
   Web Designer Principle As I See It by Rudy Dolfo

Why I chose this report

The reason I chose Rudy's report was because his report was on a similar topic as my oral presentation.  I wanted to what other people thought about Glover's advices on how to make you web page better.  
 

I just chose this report at random.  I didn't know that Rudy's report was similar to my oral presentation topic until I clicked on his name and looked through his report.  I don't really look at how the web is design, unless it's something really unusual.  I mostly look at their reports and titles to see if anything catches my attention.

 The report starts off with how helpful Glover's site on web designing.  He also listed a couple of the dos and don'ts according to Glover, when you're designing your web page.  He also give some helpful hints himself.  The most important thing in web designing in which Rudy and Glover, as well as myself, agree on is to be unique.  They suggest in designing your web site to match your personality.  Rudy points out the fact that Glover is only an individual.  Thus gives the advice of doing whatever you want with your page, but refrain from going fanatic.  He also talks about improving netscape browsing experience and the only thing he got out of that was to be patient.   I guess that advice could apply to all the aspect of internet surfing.

My Reaction

I liked Rudy's report.  It was short but informative.  He didn't go into details so much that it would be exhusting to read it, but gave a compact report with all the important points pointed out.  He gave his own view points as well as what Glover said and also gave his own advices on how to improve your web page design.  I like the fact that he didn't just gave a report on Glover's thoughts only.  Rudy put his own two cents in there.

Comparison to Other Reports

Like many other reports I've seen, Rudy's report was good.  It was easy to read and understand the report.  He didn't go into too much details, I guess because of the topic of his report was subjective.  Who's to say that one person's web page is better than the other?

Part 4
     How Driver's Communicate: From the Infamous "Bird" to the
   "Courteous Smile" by Michael Silva

Why I chose this report

I chose Michael's report beceause I wanted to know about other ways drivers communicate on the road.  And the title made me laugh.  Because I've been given the "bird" a couple of time in my life time while driving, not that it was my fault or anything.  :Þ

His web page design was quite nice.  However, as I said before it was really a random choice that I clicked on Michael's name.  I just click through the list of the people's name until I see a report that looks interesting.
 

This report was about how drivers communicate while on the road.  He also gave summearies on previous generational reports regarding how drivers communicate on the road.  Some of the information included in those reports were on the way people signal or communicate with each other while makeing turns, changing lanes, yielding, overtaking, etc.  It also talks about the ways of communications.  For example there are many ways a driver signals each other.  They can communicate through their vehicles by way of intimidation.  Other ways includes verbal, gestures and facial expressions.  He also talks about the communication depending on people's moods.  For example, if you're feeling angry about something and someone just cut you off, you're more likely to give the person the "bird" rather than a wave.

I liked Michael's report because of his variations.  His report started off with a review of past generations reports that were related with his topic.  It was easy to read and his page was orderly and very nice.  There were some parts that I would have liked to read more upon and hear more of his views on the subject not just his reaction towards what other people wrote.

Comparison to Other Reports

Compared with other reports I thought his was good.  Sometimes I wanted to know more about his views on certain subjects, but overall I thought it was an okay report.  It was well written and not as long as some of the reports I have seen.

Most of the reports I reviewed was good.  It looked like everyone had put a lot of time and effort into making it.  My advice for future generations is to not to get too overwhelm by the task.  It's not as difficult as it looks. Also the most important thing is Don't Procrastinate!  I know that by now Dr.James has told you this a couple of times.  Listen to him.  I'm telling you from experience.   :)

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