This fifth report is the fun one! Here I will be presenting at least 5 traffic incidents taken from students from previous generations within the Generational Curriculum. But these presentations will take the form of cartoon vignettes or small stories. If at all possible, visual cartoons will be shown representing each specific experience.

1. Source
   Rochelle Tactacan's Report 1
   Terri feels awkward when someone tailgates her. She keeps tapping on her brakes and looks at the rear view mirror. By looking at other drivers in their eyes, she knows if they (tailgater) are doing it purposely or aware of their actions. I guess she could say that, because there's a saying that "pictures or actions speaks louder than words."

Vignette
Picture of 2 cars. Car 1 is the tailgater wearing dark sunglasses. Car 2 is being tailgated by Car and trying to give him the stink eye through the rearview mirror.

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2. Source
   Jeanna Chen's Contributions Database
   Christine Huisman Honolulu, HI
   Hi there!! I too cannot stop running lights!! (I rarely run the stop signs).. To me when the light is yellow it just means to HURRY!!!! So far I've been OK with no tickets or getting pulled over but if you ever get pulled over by a male police officer just act dumb. I knew my safety check expired and I got pulled over and acted like I didn't know which sticker was the safety check one!! He let me go!!! Hee, hee, hee!!

Vignette
Picture 1: The real meaning of the traffic light.

• Green=Hurry up!
• Yellow=Hurry up!
• Red=Not fast enough slowpoke!

Picture 2: Driver getting speeding ticket. Next frame shows face of the driver as Dopey (the stupid dwarf from "Snow White & the Seven Dwarves).

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3. Source
   Christine Huisman's Contributions
   Date: Thu, 7 Mar 1996 12:48:15 -1000
   From: Angie Leiko Inouye City: Honolulu
   I just said that I don't mind letting pedestrians cross the streets, but if they tend to give some attitude to me, then I feel semi upset. This one incident that occured a while ago sort of through me off...There was this elderly man whom just came off of the bus that I was following. And without bothering to look left and right to see if any cars were coming, he just walked infront of my car. Of course I had to break for him, but his attitude just stank! He gave me the dirtiest stink eye, and I could sense from his lips moving he was wising off to me. Can you believe that? And of course he would take his sweet-ass time crossing the damn street. So without thinking consciously and being a bitch at that time, I had to stick the finger at him. How rude of me, yah? Now when I think about that I feel so bad!!! I don't at all have any grudge or hate for elderlies, or any different types of people, but my reaction at that time just came out. I kind of learned to think twice before doing anything. Whenever I drive, I need to keep my cool and try to be happy and pleasant.

Vignette
Picture of the front of a stopped car with an old person walking in front using a handicap walker and the face of the driver as being very angry and yelling something.

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4. Source
   Violent Contributions; Darin Kawamoto
   Date: Tue, 21 May 1996
   From: MR KARL A HOFFMANN; Mobile, Alabama Reply
   To: RMZJ63A@prodigy.com

I hate it when someone jumps in front of me then slows down. What compounds the anger, is when there are no cars behind me. Go figure! I hate it when cars tailgate me. I have a natural reaction to hit the brakes and watch the vehicle behind me take a nosedive. I hate it when women put their makeup on while driving! I hate it when people talk on their cellular phone, are going 20 miles per hour below the speed limit and are so into their conversation that they don't realize it, that's when they get the horn. I hate drunk drivers, I think each person caught with a DUI should loose their license for one year MANDATORY.

Vignette
Picture of 2 cars. Car 1 is an expensive European car and the driver is on his cell phone. His car is stopped, but the light is green. Car 2 is a huge truck in back of Car 1, with a gigantic horn in the front and its driver has a devilish smile.

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5. Source
   Robin Miller Risk Taking Behavior Contributions
   Date: March 6, 1996
   From: Ron Simon Place: Honolulu, Hawaii

It all started during my 6 years in Europe while I was in the Air Force. The people in the country that I was in (SPAIN), live on the philosophy that one can respect the laws without obeying. This is very much displayed on the roads and highways there. There are speed limit signs posted everywhere that no spaniard seem to see. Since I love to drive at high speeds, I quickly picked up on this habit along with taligating at 100mph, passing on the right shoulder or the median, dangerously passing a car on a two lane road with only split seconds to get back to my lane, and double or sometimes triple parking my car. I had a sense of real freedom since the police rarley enforced traffic laws. For the first time in my life I could drive as fast as I wanted without looking in the rear view mirror for a cop. If I did receive a ticket by some bored spanish cop that didn't like americans, I would get it in the mail and throw it away because I knew that the spanish govt. wouldn't dare come looking for an american airman for a traffic infraction(my superiors said so.

After six years I think I might of owed at least $3000 worth of tickets. Since I was part of a previeleged american military force, they were all overlooked like all tickets that are issued out to american GI's in foriegn contries.

Things are kind of different today. I was forced to extinguish most of my risk taking behaviors due to the fact that I would stand out like a sore thumb and be easily spotted by the cops. Also, I am an overpaid, drivers trainer for a nation-wide transportaion company that must preach defensive driving. But, once I am done at work for the day, I get in my car and continue taking the existing risks that I still haven't extinguished like speeding.

Vignette
Picture with 2 frames. Frame 1 has driver in Europe speeding down the Autobahn (like 200+ mph) and no cops in sight. Frame 2 shows the same driver going 5-10 mph over the speed limit and having a fleet of cops chasing him.