What I Liked About Jeanette Knutson's Report  

Jeanette defines "Road Rage" as something that we never talk about until someone gets into an 
accident. "Road Rage" is feelings that we encounter while on the road. Jeanette not only states 
important facts about what occurs during "Road Rage", but she also stresses the emotions 
races around and around our bodies. I find this very important, because I have experience 
"Road Rage" many of times, though not in an accident, but while I am behind the wheel driving to work. It can really change a person. As humans, we are conditioned to defend ourselves and find an excuse of what caused that change. Thus we blame whoever is deemed appropriate at the moment of the occurrence. 

Some drivers experience "road rage" when someone cuts them off and doesn't wave or show any sign of gratitude.  Others may experience "road rage" just by sitting in their vehicles while in traffic.  The entire idea of driving from one point to another is to save time rather than catching a bus or walking.  An explanation of why some may be bothered by a simple thing as sitting in their cars in traffic would be that a car is meant for an accommodation of saving time.  When a person is forced by to sit in the car due to traffic, a person has every right to be enraged.  But the question here is to whom can a person blame his or her rage on? 

Jeanette Knutson's report led me to believe one thing.  That is a person has a choice whether to get into a vehicle or not for the purpose of getting to a destination or multiple destinations.  There are other means of getting from point "A" to point "B."  The option of driving a vehicle will bring a 99.9% of some other factor that will determine the outcome of such a rage called "road rage."  One example of clearly putting it is, although another person or event can cause a rage to form, a person who had the choice of getting in the vehicle in the first place or not has to think and determine if such a rage is worth is in the first place.  It all comes down to saying to one's self, "I can either be bothered by the rage or not, because I myself made the choice of driving today." 

The Steps That Led Me to This Report  

I directed myself to the indexes of past generations and randomly went through all of the 
previous generations starting from the traffic psychology section then to the cyber psychology 
section. I didn't really go through every single student's report in each generation, but simple 
chose which person looked like a potential person to write about. Well actually, I recognize 
some of the names in some of the generation's sections and wanted to read what they had to 
say about the different topics. When I accidentally skipped other generation sections, I clicked 
on Generation 5 Traffic Psychology. In a split second, I noticed one of the names, Jeanette  
Knutson. Jeannette had a pretty interesting title and when I began reading more and more of her 
report on what she had to say about Traffic Psychology, I fell in a some what trance and 
surprisingly read her entire report. 

Description of the Report  

In Jeanette's introduction, she talks about a term called "Road Rage." Other people may have 
their own impression of what "Road Rage" is, but my image of "Road Rage" was the feelings 
and an emotion that is created inside of our bodies that alters our thinking. Jeanette defines 
"Road Rage" as feelings that are addressed when we encounter on the road. 

The report goes on to describe how a person can become a better driver. One interesting 
comment Jeanette states on what works for her is listening to one of Dr. Driving's cartoons and 
vignettes. Everyday society is faced with many of the different phenomena when getting into the 
driver seat not knowing what's going to happen to them. Jeanette says that internalizing the 
information from Dr. Driving's cartoons and vignettes, and then slowly incorporating them is an 
example of how she can effectively defeat "Road Rage." 

Critique of This Report  

Jeanette Knutson's report on "Road Rage" turned out to be a very excellent source of 
information in reference to issues in Traffic Psychology. She clearly describes effective 
behaviors to deal with such emotional distress. She has examples of "Media Interviews" which 
comes in very handy when attempting to explain why such behaviors exist and how to identify 
them as well. One of my favorite things she mentions in her report is the "Three-Step Program 
for a Healthier, More Zestful Traffic Life." The program helps us understand the faults in our 
minds and assist us in making corrections to make ourselves feel better. This is very important, 
because who in this world wants to be a person of anger and frustration and put their own lives 
in jeopardy. Every time a person gets in the driver seat, they don't realize the risks that he or 
she is taking. Anything can go wrong, but we simply don't expect it. We only worry about it when 
it happens. 

Many of Jeanette's topics deal with problems and solutions. The report also focuses on 
feedback from other readers and also information from studies and experiences of motorists. At 
the end of her report, Jeanette has some very interesting replies to Dr. Driving on various topics. 
Ranging from labeling a person under hideous names to counseling people as if something was 
wrong inside of their head. I just think that Jeanette's term she chose, "Road Rage," is quite 
appropriate to the content of her report. 

Jeanette's Report has influenced me. Everyday that I decide to drive, I consider only getting bothered by "road rage" only if it's the result of my actions or the other.  If I believe that I can determine whether or not I can pin point the cause of such a "road rage" then and only then I will be affected by it.  If I can't, then it doesn't make any sense at all to be lured into such an emotional state.  It would be a waste of time.

What I Liked About Ryan Shintani's Report  

Ryan really had his ideas and thought organized and planned out. He first began with very important principles from his own knowledge and experiences. He uses a site that he visited called Glover.com. He talks about the configuration and structure of the home page and comments toward the idea that it's very organized and neat. 

The Steps That Led Me to This Report  

I came to choose this site on the fact that I know this person. Similar to the way I chose Ms. Knutson's report, I have chosen Ryan's in the same way. I wanted to read what he had to say on the topic of web structuring. 

Description of the Report  

In this report, Ryan Shintani does an excellent job of describing the entire aspect of the web. He covers issues from writing html language to computer hardware. A majority of his findings are from research and browsing the different engines such as Yahoo and Infoseek. 

Critique of This Report  

Out of his entire report, I really enjoyed reading his methods on surfing the net. They are: the logical method, the interest method, and the chicken without a head method. His organization skills of the compiled information is very neat and well placed. Ryan also gives a very positive attitude and suggestions to future generations. I advise students to visit his homepage and take note on the various ideas he as towards the virtual world. 

What Ryan Shintani was trying to say or what I got out from his report was he says that the homepage a kind of person reflects how the person is.  Well, he says that the structure or style of a home page is totally up to the mind of the designer.  If a person decides to clutter, does that make the person a cluttering character or a cluttered person or does that person is cluttered in general.  It's sounds as though Ryan was passing a point of how a person reflects his or her work on a web page and how the web page relects that person.  I don't know how accurate that could be since, I don't think people who design a web page with boring colors describes a person to be boring.  Or how about a person who designs a page with action graphics, does that make a person filled with a lot of action?  Well, maybe so, but I still think that web pages are simply extensions of personality rather than the person themselves.  What I have just said may sound close to what Ryan was stating, but in all, Ryan has compared sites and offered his opinions that truly could explain the structure of web sites.

Sandra's collection was quite large with a number of reports. Of my favorite was on the topic of speeding. I liked it when she says that speeding is very common. I understand it when she says it is common, because I see it everyday. Everyone does it. Even if it's only 1 mph over the speed limit. It may seem stupid, because it's only 1 mph over, but it's still speeding. Then we begin to take advantage of the situation and go faster. 

Although Sandra's report isn't as lengthy as the other reports I have read, she supports her opinions with very accrediting sources.  One source that she used was from the U.S. department of transportation federal highway administration on the topic of "Effects of Raising and Lowering Speed Limits."  This link was non in operation so I began to read the other links that may of been in operation.  A link called the "speed related argument database" was working perfectly so I began to read more about it.  You will read more about it  in the description of the report. 

Sandra posted a site on top ten reasons for speeding.  I found this to be really funny, because the people that were responsible for the excuses could sound really convincing.  I think the closest excuse in comparison to any of the excuses on the top ten reasons for speeding that really was used as an excuse would be "Two words: Cajun Chile"  I once knew of a friend who was pulled over on the side of the freeway for speeding.  His excuse that he said he used was that he was about to burst if he didn't find a toilet soon.  He said that the police officer let him off easy with a warning and actually gave him an escort to a public rest room.  Now what is that chances of that happening if he was pulled over by a police officer who wasn't as sincere that one? 

The Steps That Led Me to This Report  

There were two reports that I found to be of interest to me. The first one was tailgating and the second one was speeding. Obviously I found speeding more of an interest over tailgating so I picked speeding to write about. Speeding is inevitable. In a city such as Honolulu, where would you find one person who is following the speed limit 24 hours a day? I don't think such a person exists. I confess that I am one of those people who don't abide by the law therefore you could say that I am guilty of a crime. 

I actually took me some time to write about any report.  I was looking for a "knack."  Something that I would really go off talking about.  Once specific way I went about looking for a topic to write about was simple in a way.  Most of the topics that were written about was about traffic pscyhology or cyber pscyhology.  When I though about the work traffic, speeding was no doubt not a topic to be ruled out.  This is when I came to Sandra's home page and noticed that she had written something about speeding.  I read it, liked it, and fell for it.  She had a flashy siren surrounding the title which sort of lured me in reading her report.  I guess you could say that there was some kind of psychology behind her home page creation. 

Description of the Report  

Although this report may seem short, Sandra covers some important facts about speeding. She mentions an organization that's against speeding called P.S.A.T, Parents Against Speeding Teens. In this present day, there are numerous teenagers with very fast, quick, and luxurious sport cars. Some modified, some slightly modified, or some not modified at all but still exceed the speed limit. This may not make any sense, but there are teens that find speed as a fun thing to do in the presence of observers who only can say, "Wow, look at that car..." That's all they can say. I agree that most teenagers like to show off. I find that true and it helps build the ego. 

I think that if there is a number of incidences that are speed related, the city should look into a way of diverting all of that activity into something positive.  Just by living here on the Island of Oahu, there are a number of young teenagers that are very "into" their Honda's, Acura's, VW's, Nissan's, etc. who are modifying them so that they look flashy and go really fast on the roads.  Once in a while places like the Campbell Industrial Raceway Park would put on a show like the Hawaii's Fastest Car Shoot-out.  Many of those teenagers and young adults attend these functions and even participate in them.  Then, if anyone notices, there are no speeding teens on the street for the moment.  There are some unsanctioned races also on certain weekends for sport enthusiastic teens.  If we really took a hard look at things, most "speeders" speed maybe once in a while just to show off in front of others or their friends.  Or some just show off their cars, because they are proud of their hard work.  The point here is that the observers don't realize that what is the primary goal of the person who is speeding or who is perceived speeding.  I think that if we are able to understand why these teens and young adults speed, then we can begin to do something about it.  After all, cops are just pulling over speeders left and right and don't seek any means for deterrence.  Click here to read my idea of a solution to the problem. 

Critique of This Report  

This report was short yet effective in getting through a typical reader. There are links in this report that back up Sandra's arguments on speeding. Two of my favorites are Speeding Myths and Facts and Top Ten Speeding Excuses. The information provided by Sandra from the Department of Transportation proves that speeding is a very serious responsibility and it should be abused. Respecting speed limits could save your life. 

Sandra's report on speeding inspired me in a way that I came up with my own idea of a solution to a problem of speeding in my public streets.  First of all, a major activity that is growing in this fine sunny paradise state of Hawaii is the sport of modified sport compact cars, well, sport cars in general.  You have got your Honda's and your Acura's, then you have got your Toyota's and your Lexus's, then you have got your...well, you get the picture.  Any how, there are a majority of these young teens and young adults who are really "into" developing the fasted sport compact car there is.  Hawaii is known for these kinds of things.  It's been published in the magazines and over television.  I admit that there isn't anything wrong with someone wanting to "soup" up a car with high performance, cams, throttle bodies, exhaust, dynamic chip accelerators, etc.  What poses a problem is when speeding is involved. 

A simple solution is this.  Identify why these youngsters speed.  Ask them, is it fun?  Do you do it to show off?  To scare people?  Or just to be proud of what they have built?  Well, a majority of these younsters that I have spoken to have said that they are proud to build such intense machines and want a place to display them.  The street is the perfect place for these machines to be showed off.  The funny thing is that there are laws that prohibit such activity as "lowering your car" and making it go fast, but there are no laws that stop manufactures in selling these car parts for high performance users to use it on public streets.  If speeding is breaking the law, then why make things go fast that can break the law. 

With this, I say that diverting the attention of these youngsters to a positive light which would be holding a place to sanction these speeders.  Some kind of place like the Campbell Industrial Park where anyone who is allowed to, to speed all they want.  After all, it's not like these youngsters are speeding every single second of their lives.  So why fight it.

Why I Liked Daniel Tanioka's Report  

Daniel Tanioka's report was quite fascinating. I really enjoyed reading his thoughts on whether or not "cyber-therapy" would be a good idea or not. He is very honest in his opinions. He doesn't hesitate to say what he thinks. While I was reading his report, I was able to understand his thoughts on "cyber-therapy", Driving Therapy, and Cyberspace Counter-Culture. 

I have gained a more clearer understanding of what Daniel meant by what is virtual reality.  When that word first came into though a couple of years ago, I thought that virtual reality was just those things that you put on your head and play video games looking through screens the size of eye glases.  Virtual reality in a sense is a world that exists the way the mind exists in the brain.  Kind of like a black hole, no one actually seen one, but we know they exist.  Well, at least most of us never seen a black hole.  Reality is what is actually there and what we can sense. 

Virtual Reality is an emerging technology which attempts to fully immerse the user in an interactive computer generated 
environment. The participant in a Virtual Reality experience interacts with the system via a series of sensors and sophisticated output devices. Input devices include data gloves which track hand positions and configurations to entire body suits which senses the entire orientation of the VR participant. Output devices include complex head mounted displays (HMD's) and surround-sound audio systems. 

I actually stumbled on to this site at the same time when I was looked for Mr. Ryan Shintani's Homepage. Ryan Shintani actually belongs to two different generations and I lost my place after I viewed his site on Social Psychology of Web Architecture: Things and Forces that Help to Shape Web Pages. While I was on this generation home page, I decided to continue my random search and before I was through surfing this site, I found Daniel's report very intriguing. 

I was always intrigued with the world of virtual reality.  Sometimes my co-workers at at my office tease me about virutal reality, because of the certain things that I forget to do with certain devices.  There was this one time when I forgot to conncect a printer and they kept teasing me that I was trying to hook up an infrared printer or a virtual printer. 

The word virtual also came up in the topic of Virtual LANS.  These are virutal local area networks that may exist on a single existing router.  I guess in a way, it's like spliting two worlds from a single world interface. 

I think that the word virtual will be with each and everyone of us for a very long time.  Computers are becoming a toy of the future and each and everyone are becoming new born babies to it.  Like any child and a toy, we all want what the other kid has.  Here the virtual world is what we all want to be a part of, because eveyone else is talking about it and are involved in it.  I am just another of those kids who wants what eveyone has, VIRTUAL REALITY. 

Description of the Report  

Mr. Daniel Tanioka's report was based on three topics. They were, "Cyber-Therapy," Driving Therapy, and Cyber space Counter Culture. The first topic was on a discussion on whether or not therapy on the internet was feasible in any way. Daniel really sounded like he was totally against it. He supports his decision by roughly stating that in order for therapy to work, actual face-to-face interaction must be incorporated. His second topic dealt with a similar title that came from one of Dr. Driving's Page called the Three Step Program to healthier and More Zestful Driving. Here are descriptive ways of dealing with certain emotions that a person may encounter while behind the wheel of a vehicle. Mr. Tanioka's third topic was on a heavy issue of "hackers." 
"Hackers" are mentioned in this report as people who are seeking to gain information of "what's going on." Simply put, these are people who want to know everything there is to know about the virtual world and have fun with it. 

Mr. Tanioka went on talking about how a person can be anyone and anything in cyberspace because of this virtual reality.  I see virtual reality similar to the world that we live in now.  In this world we live in, we as humans can just about do anything and be anyone we want to be.  In the virutal world, we can pretend to be someone we aren't.  We can do anything we want to others and tell anyone anything even if it weren't true.  If we were to do that in this earth world we live in, no one would like us.  I think that would be a reason why we do what we do in the virtual world, because we know that we have a chance of not getting caught and from not having anyone hate us or dislike us the way others would in the earth world. 

Critique of This Report  

I found that the third topic was the best overall. In my opinion I enjoy reading things about how people are really into this virtual world that we call cyber space. The first topic that talked about "Cyber-Therapy" was based on opinion. And in my opinion, I agree that such a form of therapy won't work. A person that is under a kind of illness or disorder needs physical and mental attention that is present right in front of him or her. A person can't get help on their own, because admitting that you have a problem is hard enough. Mr. Tanioka's third topic talked about a person who was trying to sell some kind of self help tapes. It was pretty interesting to read how some people use the internet along with their knowledge, in this case it was counseling and therapy to produce some kind of capital. I find self help tapes least helpful due to experience. I had my turn in using self help tapes 
for fun and I don't think that it helps one bit.