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There you are! I've been waiting how long for you to arrive. Well, now that you're here, put up your feet, lay back in your chair, and come along for the ride (no pun intended). This is my home page for Generation 4's (G4) Psy 459: Traffic Psychology database. From this page you will be able to gain insight on the subject of Traffic Psychology. Along the way, you and I will go and find out what other people think Traffic Psychology is, and their own experiences with traffic. So click on, and remember:


"In Cyber-space, seatbelts are optional!"


The Reports

1 Definition of Traffic Psychology
A summary of defintions as taken from the Student Generational Curriculum,
and my experiences showing the need for Traffic Psychology.
2 Tailgating and the Warrior Mentality
A brief analysis of tailgating, its influence on other drivers, and my interpretations of the subject.
Using 3 examples form previous generations of students.
3 The Affective, Cognitive, and Sensorimotor Domains at Work
Explanation and examination of theses psychological dynamics at work in specific traffic incidents,
as taken from students from previous generations.
4 Driving-Personality Make-Over & Change
My own explanation and defintion of a Driving Personality Make-Over as based upon 3 self witnessing
reports from previous generations.
5 "Car"-toons
Showing the humor of some drivers, in the form of written vignettes,
using 5 examples from other students' traffic experiences.
6 Mini Self Witnessing Experiment
A close examination of how I drive, the problems I face, and how I was able to better
myself as a driver and as a person.
7 Who and Why do they Speed?
The result of searching through the Internet for sites concerning speeding,
and some discussion as to the motives of what these sites say about speeding.
8 USENET
Discussion on the topics and tone of newsgroup:rec.autos.driving.




by Canaan Machida
Fall 1996
Psychology 459-G4
University of Hawai'i at Manoa
cmachida@hawaii.edu