Annotated Web Links on Driving Psychology
by Students of
Dr. Leon James
at the University of Hawaii

2007

Overview of Driving Issues and Aggressive Driving

http://www.drdriving.org/surveys/
This takes you to a website that has additional links you can click onto and read. It has what other drivers think of one another, driving differences between genders, and also has a personality driving test you can take.

http://www.drdriving.org
Gives an overview of driving psychology and what it is about. I thought that this website would be a great website to have up on my web page because of this fact. This website contains a lot of useful information about many things to do with driving and people.

http://www.aaafoundation.org
This website give you statistics on injuries that were caused by aggressive driving. It explains what aggressive driving is and which type of people may be labeled as an aggressive driver or if there is even a specific type of person who is likely to become an aggressive driver. It also assesses the drivers education programs.

http://www.nysgtsc.state.ny.us/aggr-ndx.htm
This web page shows NYC’s definition of aggressive driving, studies done on driving, and tips to stay stress-free while driving.

http://roadragers.com/
This website allows you to take a test to analyze your driving skills. It also has another quiz that rates your driving knowledge. I liked this website because it allows you to see what kind of driver you are and then it gives you safe driving tips.

http://mentalhealth.about.com/cs/stressmanagement/a/roadrage.htm
This article discusses whether or not road rage is a mental disorder. It gives a list of what people with road rage do. It also gives a list of other relevant links to articles about road rage and how to handle it as the doer and as the victim.

http://www.motorists.com/info/road_rage.html
This website is about the National Motorist Association and it gives a summary about road rage. It discusses what drivers as well as the government should do to help stop road rage. It also discusses the dangers of aggressive driving.

http://www.drivers.com/topic/31
This website has a whole list of links to articles related to different topics dealing with driving. This specific page deals with articles about road rage. It also has articles about driving safety, new drivers and old drivers. I feel that this website would have helpful articles for any type of driver.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13152708/
This article says that doctors are viewing road rage not as just a behavioral problem but as an intermittent explosive disorder. Usually, you would think of road rage as a cultural and environmental problem but doctors say that there is a biological and cognitive science to road rage. This particular article caught my eye because it also says that symptoms for this disorder can be seen in childhood.

http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/policespeeding
You can post petitions and have people sign them on this website. This particular petition was to stop police speeding abuse. This person believes that police officers should obey the same laws that they enforce. It was interesting because when you sign, you can also leave comments.

http://www.addictionrecov.org/paradigm/P_PR_W98/James.html
This article seemed appropriate because it displays the very basics of driving psychology. It talks about the QDC and other programs to help with road rage. In those classes they teach you how to deal with the rage. It also describes symptoms of road rage so that you know if you do have road rage.

http://www.aaafoundation.org/resources/index.cfm?button=agdrtext#Aggressive%20Driving
This article talks about how there are aggressive drivers in everyone, not just those who have a criminal record or are uneducated. It also states that aggressive driving can be both done by male and female, not just one sex. More information is provided on the background of aggressive driving and what it can lead up to.

http://www.aaafoundation.org/resources/index.cfm?button=agdrtext
I chose this article because it went into further details about aggressive driving and what impact it could have. It also gives information on those who violate the law and what they would have to do if they were caught by the police.

http://www.roadandtravel.com/newsworthy/newsandviews03/allstatesurvey2.htm
In the article, it describes the different types of driver personality. They label aggressive drivers as “Auto-Bahners.” It describes those aggressive drivers as driving 71 mph on average and drinkers.

http://www.compassionpower.com/anger_free_driving.php
In this article, it talks about empowered drivers in a different way. Instead of speaking negatively of empowered drivers, the article says that empowered drivers are those who are aware of other people on the road and have control over themselves. The article goes on further to discuss how aggressive driving leads to family violence.

http://www.carwrecks.com/info4.html
The article addresses the problems of aggressive driving and how to identify aggressive drivers. In the end it recommends what should be done, but hard to do with budget cuts to law enforcement agencies budget.

http://www.4insurance.com/auto/highrisk.asp
In the article, the 4insurance website describes more of what a high risk driver is besides one who suffers from a self-centered personality. A high risk driver is one who has received many tickets and drive high risk vehicles. Although it seems that you are stuck with high insurance rates, the article says that you can lower your insurance rates by driving domestic vehicles and staying out of trouble.

http://www.aaafoundation.org/quizzes/index.cfm?button=aggressive
a quiz to find out if you are an aggressive driver

http://www.wsp.wa.gov/traveler/roadrage.htm
information, answers and tips regarding aggressive driving and road rage

http://www.who.int/features/2004/road_safety/en/
road safety is a public health issue

See also this directory of articles by DrDriving:

http://www.drdriving.org/articles/

Factors That May Contribute to Aggressive Driving

http://www.personal.umich.edu/~bbushman/PSPB02.pdf
#search=%22research %20on%20venting%20anger%22
This site takes you to a paper on research if venting actually adds gasoline to the fire in situations. I found it really interesting and it shows that maybe theories our culture has are actually very misconstrued.

http://ruphus.com/ihatecars/2004/09/emotions-driving-bad-mix.html
This site shows the correlation between being angry, getting behind the wheel and causing a car accident. They even show evidence of the percent of car accidents increasing after terrorist attacks.

http://www.psychology.iastate.edu/faculty/caa/abstracts/1985- 1989/87A.PDF#search=%22temperature%20in%20relation%20to%20agression% 22
This link takes you to an article that can further your knowledge as to why temperature is related to aggression. This article not only talks of vehicle crime but also touches on other crimes that are committed due to temperature including rape, murder, assault, etc

http://www.cdc.gov/elcosh/docs/d0300/d000391/d000391.html
This site talks about stress issues that people experience that could relate to aggressive driving behaviors. It also talks about how depending on your gender what stress you have and how you deal with that stress.

http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/brochures/fast_facts/ffdl28.htm
This link lists all of the possible and most popular distractions for people while they are driving. I think if you read this you will try to stop bad habits and not form new ones. For example, it talks about the use of a cell phone while driving. I think more people need to understand that their actions may cause an accident.

http://www.dietitian.com/danger.html
This site takes you to an interesting and fun read. It reveals the dangers of eating while driving. But, it’s a little different because it gives you the possible “bad” scenarios for an individual food. For example, if you eat chocolate you will leave sticky fingerprints on your car interior.

http://speakout.com/activism/issue_briefs/1334b-1.html
This link takes you to an essay that written by activists who believe that cell phone use while driving should be illegal. Its very informative and lists statistics that research has provided. There is even a story that one state banned the use of cell phones after a 2-year-old girl was killed because a driver while on the cell phone ignored a stop sign and struck the car she was riding in.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3623237.stm
This site warns drivers that they should not listen to loud music while driving and the lists the reasons why. They also have a top five list of the music you should listen to and lists five others to leave at home. It also has reactions from various people so you can read different views.

http://moneycentral.msn.com/content/Insurance/P51290.asp This is an article that discusses the dangers of eating while driving. It tries to explain why driving while eating is dangerous and it also gives a list of the top 10 most dangerous foods to eat while driving.

http://www.soc.hawaii.edu/leonj/459f98/nakamatsu/report1nakamatsu.html This is a previous generational student report about music and its effects on driving. It discusses whether or not music has an effect on driving and has links for music types, volume, and tempo or speed.

http://www.soc.hawaii.edu/leonj/459f98/nakamatsu/report1nakamatsu.html
This is a previous generational student report about music and its effects on driving. It discusses whether or not music has an effect on driving and has links for music types, volume, and tempo or speed.

http://www.smartmotorist.com/acc/acc.htm
This is an article in Smart Motorist that explains four different factors in car accidents. They say that 95% of accidents involve driver behavior as well as one of the three other factors. It was interesting that they emphasize the fact that drivers try to put the blame on other factors when it is almost always something they could have avoided.

http://www.traffic-intersection-awareness.com/drivers.aspx bad driving habits listed to attempt to tell people to watch out and avoid these habits

http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/factsheets/drving.htm This website give some statistics and facts on drunk driving. It tells you who is most risk for becoming a drunk driver. It also gives different ways of preventing drunk driving.

http://safety.com/articles/driving-while-tired.html This website gives some facts about driving tired. It includes how many people drive this state of mind. It talks about how bad it can get and what is being done to prevent it.

See also this directory of articles by DrDriving:
http://www.drdriving.org/articles/

ANGER

http://members.tripod.com/kanchanD/anger1.htm
This link takes you to an essay about anger and how we are taught since childhood that we should vent our feelings. It talks about misdirected anger and how by venting we are constantly listing the wrongs in our mind which keeps us feeling negatively. I think that this site gives you a more inside look at anger and venting.

http://www.personal.umich.edu/~bbushman/PSPB02.pdf#search=%22research %20on%20venting%20anger%22
This site takes you to a paper on research if venting actually adds gasoline to the fire in situations. I found it really interesting and it shows that maybe theories our culture has are actually very misconstrued.

http://www.umass.edu/fsap/issues/anger.html
This site is full of information on anger. It defines anger and talks about a four step way to control and handle anger. The four steps is to admit it, explore it, express it, and than drop it. I think that this was very interesting and is a fun and informational read.

http://whyfiles.org/118anger/3.html T
his website talks about the popular belief that venting is good. It also gives reasons why venting is, in reality, bad for you.

Children's Books at Amazon.com

Examples of Aggressive Driving (Real Life Stories)

http://www.car-accidents.com/pages/car_accident_photo.html
This link takes you to real life stories and pictures of car accidents submitted by people. I think it was very real and interesting.

http://www.chicagocriticalmass.org/mcbride_main.html
This site is just the story and cover of a murder trial that was caused by road rage. I think that this story will make you realize how real road rage is. It may also encourage you to start controlling your aggression more.

http://spokesmanreview.com/local/story.asp?ID=109642
This is an article about a man who is being held for running over and killing a woman because of road rage. This article shows not only epic road rage but also verbal road rage. It shows how scary road rage can be.S

http://www.drdriving.org/articles/testimony.htm
I chose this website because it reveals in different people’s account of their road rage. While describing their rage, they displayed that they had a mental health of extreme physiological effects.

http://www.caldrive.com/habits.html
bad habits in California that definitely need the driver personality makeover plan

http://commdocs.house.gov/committees/trans/hpw105-34.000/hpw105-34_0.HTM
This website is an actual hearing discussing road rage and aggressive driving. It discusses the causes and dangers of aggressive driving. Although this hearing pertains to the problem in Utah, it can still gives us an outlook that road rage and aggressive driving is becoming a big problem and people are starting to do things about it.

http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/aggressive/aggproplanner/page05.htm
This web page gives some real life examples of aggressive driving. After reading this you can know what situations to avoid. Also realize when you may have been driving aggressively without even recognizing it.

See also this directory of news articles kept by DrDriving:
http://www.drdriving.org/news/

Differences in Driving Based on Gender or Sex

Men and Women Drivers

http://4wheeldrive.about.com/cs/forwomenonly/a/aa092202b.htm
This link is about female driving statistics. I thought it this site was different because it talks about how driving is used so much more now. It states how being on the road is common. It also has more links that you can click on to view other topics.

http://www.sirc.org/publik/driving_risk.shtml
sex differences in driving, and insurance risk

See also this directory of links on gender differences in driving
www.drdriving.org/articles/gender.htm

http://library.witpress.com/pages/PaperInfo.asp?PaperID=3218
This link focuses on urban driving patterns and its traffic. I liked the research results that were posted. This site goes more into depth of urban driving.

http://www.extension.umn.edu/extensionnews/2000/ruraldriving.html
This link shows the dangers associated with rural places and prevention steps. It shows that most vehicle fatalities occur in rural areas. This site also talks about and emphasizes the dangers of using cell phones.

http://cesa8.k12.wi.us/services/rfast/10-12/10-12less1.html
This site is an informational paper of rural dangers on the road. It also gives a great activity that you can participate it. I think that it will make you more aware of dangers.

http://www.extension.umn.edu/extensionnews/2000/ruraldriving.html
This article goes over the fact that driving in rural areas can be more dangerous. There are more accidents in rural areas and this article helps clarify why this is so. It also gives helpful tips on how to be more careful in rural areas.

http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:UnxgNQVyAXYJ:safety.fhwa.dot.gov/speed_manage
/docs/speeding_rural.pdf+rural+versus+urban+driving&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=7&client=firefox-a
This website did a good job of giving straight statistics about the type of driving and accidents that occur in rural areas. It gives you a good idea of why there are driving differences in rural and urban areas. It also helps by giving good tips on how to avoid accidents in rural areas.

http://www.caldrive.com/habits.html
bad habits in California that definitely need the driver personality makeover plan

http://www.highwaycode.gov.uk/signs_index.htm
This link is a really great site to go to!! There are links to traffic signs, markings, and signals. If you read through this you will become more educated on our streets and roadways and learn even more driver communication signals.

http://www.caa.ca/english/automotive/auto%20tips/driving%20with%20childre n.html/
This site is just full of information and tips on how to drive with a child as a passenger. I think that this can help you if you have a child, or a younger sibling, or even if you ever or will ever drive with a child in your car.

http://www.smartmotorist.com/tip/tip.htm
This website gives a list of 21 smart driving tips for new drivers. I liked it because it helps to promote safe driving from the beginning. It also gives other helpful tips about drowsy driving and how to stay patient while driving.

http://www.smartdriver.co.nz/Articles/Emotional%20Intelligence.htm
Smart Driver is a website that provides a lot of good information and tips for drivers. They give you online training on how to be a good and safe driver. This particular link in the website is about emotional intelligence and goes over the three types of drivers and how to become a supportive driver.

http://www.nsc.org/library/facts/defdriv.htm
This website tells people that driving defensively is a good thing. When driving, you should always be careful and be aware of other drivers. This is true and this is definitely better than being an oppositional driver but I picked this website because it forgets to mention that defensive driving can make a driver competitive and suspicious of other drivers. It was interesting that so many websites call defensive driving “good” driving.

http://www.drdriving.org/articles/three_step.htm
This was important in the reading so that people know how to deal with their road rage. The article talks about the three step program and how you can benefit from each of the stages. It even says that there is a test kit to find out what kind of driver you really are.

http://www.smartmotorist.com/tip/tip.htm
This little segment gives information on the self help process. It gives twenty-one different tips on how to prevent becoming an aggressive driver and to prevent any accidents from happening. Even those who are not beginning drivers can benefit from this segment because it gives a model of what a person should be like when driving a vehicle.

http://www.kidshealth.org/teen/safety/safebasics/driving_safety.html
This article mainly describes the importance of defensive driving and tips on how to be a defensive driver. It tells of how people multi-task that put others in danger. Defensive driving means to be alert at all times and to watch out for other people as well as yourself.

http://www.ncsl.org/programs/transportation/transer7.htm#attempts
This article seems like it is a document made to legislature to alert the government of the increasing problem of aggressive driving. In the article, it identifies problems and ways to combat aggressive driving. The article starts to show how people are becoming more aware of aggressive driving problems.

http://www.familycar.com/Driving.htm
various tips for safe driving

www.drivingskillsforlife.com
skills for life while driving

www.roadsafety.com
Systems and software to ensure safe and efficient operation of motor vehicles, including products aimed at teen drivers and emergency vehicles

http://www.drivingskillsforlife.com/
This website teaches people driving skills. It goes beyond what people learn in drivers education and is aimed more towards new drivers. This website offers videos to watch as well as exercises.

http://www.drivingtactics.com/
This website gives you some interesting tactics that you can use to help you to prevent an accident. They say that these tactics could even save you life as well as the lives of your loved ones. It gives you situations and the tactics you can use to prevent an accident.

http://phobiafreeway.com/skills.html
I chose this website because it teaches useful techniques on how to reduce stress. I also gives you a list of things that may signal that you are stressed. It lists physical, psychological, and behavioral signals. This website talks about things to do with driving psychology.

Children's Books at Amazon.com

Running Red Lights and Red Light Cameras

http://auto.howstuffworks.com/red-light-camera.htm
This site provides additional information concerning the red-light cameras. It makes you re-think going through a red-light while driving ever again. The web page even shows a picture of the red-light cameras on an actual intersection.

http://www.motorists.com/issues/enforce/index.html
This web site is the national motorists association reaction to the red-light cameras. It provides information on why they oppose the cameras. They even provide alternatives to red-light cameras. I think that this is a great site because it shows a direct opposition toward red-light cameras and provides a different view point. They also give some really good supporting information and the alternatives were interesting.

http://auto.howstuffworks.com/red-light-camera.htm
This is a website that explains what red light cameras are. They tell you how the camera works and what kind of tickets you could get for running a red light. It’s a good site for people who have never heard of red light cameras.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/03/AR2005100301844.html
This article was written to show that although red light cameras may have helped reduce the number of tickets given for running a red light, the number of accidents has not been reduced. In fact, at some places, the number of accidents actually doubled.

http://www.photoenforced.com
This is a website that helps you locate red light cameras as well as speed cameras. You can look up your city and state and see where the cameras are located and how much the fine is. You can also submit new locations that you find yourself.

Teenage Driving

http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/duip/spotlite/teendrivers.htm I think that this a great site for parents to read before their child receives their license. It talks more about the graduated drivers licensing systems. There is information on how to prevent injury and how teens can safely gain more driving experience.

http://www.nsc.org/library/facts/yngdrive.htm
This site is a very good read for both adults and teens. It lists the risks associated with being a young driver. By knowing them you are more likely to be aware of the problems and be more conscious of the way you are driving.

http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/factsheets/teenmvh.htm
This link is a straight forward document of facts of teenage driving. It lists the traffic accidents that they are involved in and shows the dangers of inexperience driving.

http://www.teendriving.com/
This site was made for teens and adults to gain safety tips on driving. I think that this is a great read and include real-life personal teen experiences that others shared. There are a lot of great additional links on this site to go into and learn new things. Looking at this site will be really beneficial to drivers’ of any age.

http://www.teendriving.com/index.html
This website was specifically made for teens that are learning or already know how to drive. It is very easy to maneuver around this website. The left side has a list of different driving situations and each link gives tips or facts about driving. It even has a link for driving in the country and driving in town. There is a clear distinction between the two areas and the styles of driving in each.

http://www.drdriving.org/youth/
This particular text provides insight into youth aggressive driving. It provides a small test to see how each youth when it comes to aggressive is driving. It also provides possible consequences to those who violate the rules and provides an evaluation of the situations.

http://www.homeschool.com/articles/driving/default.asp
When reading this article, it first describes how teens first start to learn how to drive and it gives them a sense of independence. It later goes on to tell the readers that as the parents, the teen will mimic your driving style. In the end there was a recommendation to help teach a teen how to drive and avoiding certain types of cars.

http://www.physorg.com/news4460.html
article about how children learn their bad driving habits early and from parents

http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/pdf/nrd-30/NCSA/TSF2003/809774.pdf
facts of young drivers

See also this directory of links on children, youth, and teen drivers:
http://www.drdriving.org/youth/

Senior Drivers/Elderly Driving/Age Factor

www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/research/MedicalAdvisory/pages/In-depth-j.html
This article shows a debate about whether visual exams should be administered during renewals. It discusses the fact that people between 20 and 40 should not have to be tested again every five years. It did a good comparison between elderly drivers and young adults.

http://www.motorists.com/issues/elderly/elderly.html
This article seem interesting because it gave a different approach to elderly drivers. Normally people attribute bad driving of the elderly with poor motor skills, but this article says it is disease related.

http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/8925.html
older driver safety – Per mile driven, the fatality rate for drivers 85 years and older is NINE times higher than the rate for drivers 25-69 years old.

http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/9115.html
vision, cognition, motor functions of older drivers and how that put them at risk

http://familydoctor.org/487.xml
This website talks about the driving skills of older people. It talks about the signs to look for concerning when an elderly person should stop driving. It also talks about why a person should stop driving.

See also this directory of links on elderly drivers:
http://www.drdriving.org/elderly/

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