Dr. Driving on the internet: Part A
Inner Power of at the Wheel
This is link talks about the book, "Inner Traffic Behind the Wheel...," and shows the table of contents of the book.

This shows a table of contents for the book and also gives a brief synopsis of the book.

It shows problems in regards to Driving and gives possible solutions to those problems.

There are implications that are related to my driving personality, yet, I should not do anything different to my driving personality because, "if everybody does it, why do I have to NOT do it." I don't feel as if I am driving crazily because everybody drives crazily, in my opinion, and because it's the norm, then I should follow the norm. Although I believe this, I know I should change, and this is the first step.

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Media Interviews with Dr. Driving
It talks about some interviews with people regarding the rise in violence related to driving habits.

The purpose of this page is to inform people what other people had responded when they were asked questions related to Traffic Problems.

The relation of this page to Traffic Psychology is to get a consensus of what respondents would say, and also gives a three step system to help people get out of situations (AWM, Acknowledge, Witness, and Modify). reformed driver.

It does imply that I do something, yet I feel as if I won't because I don't want to be a reformed driver, yet. I will reform when everybody reforms.

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Three Step Program a Healthier, more Zestful Traffic Life
This gives three steps to become a better driver.

Purpose is to give three step to help me become a better driver.

It's related to traffic psychology because it gives ways to help control driving habits.

I don't use these three steps because I believe that if I do these steps, how will I know if the other driver is also following these steps? Then, they might cause problems for me. If everybody follows these steps, then I will also follow them too.

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Dr. Driving says...Problems & Solutions

This page gives solutions for possible traffic problems that I may run into. Some problems include tailgating, etc.

It's related to traffic psychology because it gives solutions to some problems that may come up with. It gives what I call "solutions" to standard problems.

This may help me cope with some problems that I may run up against, and give a proper remedy to these problems. These problems are problems I always come up against, so I can use the solutions regularly to solve these problems.

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Introductory Statements about what Dr. Driving says

It gives a checklist of things which will prove that you need a traffic makeover.

It's related to traffic psychology because it is a beginning of a self-help checklist which will help show that a person needs a traffic makeover.

Although I know I probably am one or more of the questions listed in the page, I rationalize ways to say these are justified, which tells me that it doesn't imply something about what I should do about it. I think this is a problem in our society, today. We use defense mechanisms to avert truths such as these, and this will inevitably cause harm later in life. In my case, that harm has already came to me.

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About the authors, Leon James and Diane Mahl

The purpose of this page is to introduce the authors of the book.

It highlights the authors of the book and lists their degree background.

I see implications for my driving personality, because these two individuals have helped me understand the field of traffic psychology . They will help people like myself understand why I drive like I drive.

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Chart of 9 zones of your driving personality

it charts the nine zones of driving personality (Attitude, Knowledge, Alertness, Emotional Control, Judgement, Calmness, Altruism, Wisdom, and Kindness).

It shows the zones of my driving personality.

The implication I can think of is that maybe this scale might show me which zone I am in. This information definitely would show what kind of driver I am, and right now, I know I am in a bad position.

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Comments by visitors

The purpose of this page is to show comments by people regarding this book and topic.

The relation to traffic psychology is feedback from the topic.

This page would help me vent my emotions regarding the topic of traffic psychology.

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Driving and Traffic Resources on the internet

This page talks about the resources available for the study of traffic psychology.

The relation to traffic psychology is that it helps give resources to the study of traffic psychology.

The implications are that maybe I should adopt this type of thinking, although I know I won't because I believe that it is our human instinct to behave the way we do when we drive. This is bad because this instinct will harm us in the future. It has already harmed me.

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Psychological Principles to help us be Rational and Humane Drivers

This is a list of ways to help us help us be rational and humane drivers.

This is like a list of ways to help us be more humane.

This would want me to follow the ways to be more humane. But, I don't like this because it is ways for us to be humane. Please define humane? Although I disagree with the humane aspect of this article, the responsibility aspect is very important because I believe that we must be responsible for ouselves and others when we drive.

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Self Witnessing exercise whats your pet driving peeve?

This is a list of exercises to show us how people are doing on the road. It gives a rough estimate of our driving habits that we currently hold.

This would help us show that people are bad drivers, and that we should change. It also helps us show that we are good drivers, and we should try to help ourselves become better people. This, in turn, will help us in other aspects of our life.

The implications would help me show that maybe I should change my driving personality because I would definitely be doing one or more of the most upsetting things when I drive. I should change, but I don't think I will change because maybe I'm hardheaded or something.

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Index of Topics on Driving and Drivers

This is a listing of topics included in the driving topics recommmended by Dr. Driving.

The relation of this page to traffic psychology is that it gives more links to topics related to driving personality. This is also a reference point for people to bookmark so that they can search for more topics related to traffic psychology.

this page is implying that there are a lot of topics in the field of traffic psychology, and I can use these links to help me understand more about my driving personality and why I act like I do, when I drive.

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Dr. Driving's selected Safety issues brought up by Drivers

This page gives issues related to traffic psychology.

The relation of this topic is by way of Right and Left Lane Feelings, and Tailgating, and social responsibility. Some respondents would discuss their concerns, e.g., why people driving slow should not stay in the left lane, or how far people shoudl be behind other cars to avoid tailgating, etc.

This page is another page in which I can vent my driving habits to the public(which some people have done in the page). It also acts as a praise section, and a 'safety' section, because it also descusses some safety issues brought about when we drive. These ideas could help us stay alive when we drive.

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Part B

After each item, there was a button on the bottom of the screen that said, Submit. From there it linked us to newgroup site which had responses to Dr. Driving's articles, or pages. It also had links to other stuff not related to Traffic Psychology (like Kiwi Chutney. I guess that's realted to the cooking newsgroup or something. There was also something there that was refering to Tomb Raider. This is a PC game!!!)

Some threads in which Dr. Driving was active in was "re:Slay you driving dragon site," and "Re:Speed kills," and "Re:Dateline NBC Story," and Driving skills," and other sites not related to Dr. Driving ideas, etc.

The postings I have read do have a consistent message, I believe. Dr. James constantly preaches the message that we must understand that "people don't make you angry...you make yourself angry by what you're telling yourself." It is almost as if we internally get angry, and the external stimuli just elicits our internal responses. I also see a prevailing them of compassion, sympathy, and caring for other drivers. it is as if we must not treat the people driving the vehicles as objects (just like automobiles), but treat people as caring human beings (because that't what we are, right?).

Now others who responded to Dr. James Driving newsgroup were rather...harsh. I am surprised at some of the language that was posted on the group. Understanding that Dr. James is a Psychology professor at the Unversity of Hawaii at Manoa, and has a Doctorate in Psychology, I would expect a more 'formal' response, than what I have seen. I understand that Dr. James wants people to vent their anger re: Traffic Psychology, yet responding with words such as....A** H*** is somewhat inappropriate (check Dr. Driving's selection of Traffic Safety Issues -- Part 8

Dr. Driving, may I have a suggestion for you? Try to control the respondents who have such profane language. I don't believe that is appropriate for someone of your caliber to accept that kind of language. Although I dislike the tone of language some repondents are using in this page, I do like this page because it helps respondents show their frustration or aggresion, etc. Maybe a good idea is to have an "online" chat formatted discussion session (you probably have done this alreay, but...), where the whole group can get an on the spot-discussion of the material. That is just an idea.

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My favorite Traffic Psychology resources: Information on the Net

Highway 17 Page of Shame
Check out the repeat offenders list of bad cars!!.

Teenage Driver Safety Program
Talks about teenage driver safety program, and includes links to more related stuff.>

ABA Driver/Traffic School
Learn how to drive - correctly!!!

Car-Auto Traffic Accident Family Web Site
Take a stress test if you have gotten into an accident to see how you're doing!!

Universal Driver Training
Learn the latest methods of anti-carjack techniques and survelliance skills!!

Mr. Traffic
Traffic comedy fo r the soul.

AXA Driving test
Win 10 Pounds (English Currency) off any AXA Insurance product!!.

Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety
Alliance to make roads safer.

Traffic Institue
You a minor traffic violator? get sent to National Safety Council's Defensive Driving course, and be cool again.

Inner Power at the Wheel
This is a table of contents for a book Dr. James and Dr. Diane Nahl have made and gives a brief synopsis of the book, why the wrote the book, etc.

Summaries of the curriculum

Cheryl K Andaya
This is kind of late but better late than never...

Before I took this class, I had no knowledge of the internet. I
simply thought that it was used by smart people with no lives. Boy was I
wrong!!! When my younger brother started using it and was excited about
it, I knew that I was missing out. So when I took this class, although I
was intimidated, I was really excited. Man, this stuff isn't easy.
Anyways, `kay pau vent. I just got through checking out the
Generational Curriculum. Whoa!!!! Impressive! I could really see the
difference between the past generations and the more recent ones.
Generation three and four have more elaborate home pages. The complexity
of the pages increase as the generations go on. My home page is a joke
next to theirs and I was really excited about putting mine's up. :( Oh
well, maybe one day I'll get the hang of this and put up a better home
page. I really liked the images they used to decorate their pages. It
made their pages look really interesting. I wanted to check everything
out.
The greatest thing that really hit me was the fact that the works
of these students will be still be up even after they are gone. They are
also still here to help provide help with people who are lost just like
me. :) They can keep adding and perfecting their pages as the years go
on and technology advances. Perhaps in a couple of years I too will be
able to put little pictures and stuff on my page so keep checking up on
me! :) Well, I hope this is a page. E-mail me candaya@hawaii.edu. Talk
to you all later! K-den-Kay-bye!!!

cheryl andaya :@) Aloha mai kakou!

Phuong Phan Wataoka

Hi everyone,

Surfing through the Generational Curriculum, I was impressed with
the amount of information, especially the updated materials.
Everything advanced within just one semester. When I took Psy 409
during Summer 96, I did not have a site with Alta Vista to introduce my
reports and homepage like how the 4th Generation did. It's nice to see
how future generation advanced from previous generation.
I found Dr. James's list of publications interesting. I learned
a little more about Dr. James's different areas of study. My favorite
place to visit was his Swedenborge Home Page. It has variety of topics to
browse. I like the fact that I can use the Magellan search engine to find
specific subtopic in this site. I also like Diane Nahl's Search Index. It
is a good site to find cute gif and other goodies. The Tour Guides site
was informative and gave me a lot of ideas about designing home page.
Overall, I enjoyed reading students'generational reports and the
principles of Traffic Psychology the most. Every author had something
special to share. Although it took me a long time to go through all these
sites, it was an educational experience for me.

Jeanette Naho Knutson

Wow, talk about high-tech! Am I really going to be doing that as
well? Somehow I just can't see it right now...Anyway, I looked throught
the generational curriculum and the main thing that I noticed was the
improvement on the students' parts over the semesters. The first couple
generations were rather simple, although it was still a lot more than I
could do in a lifetime...on the otherhand, the generations right before us
were doing some real funky stuff with their home pages and everything. I
have to say that I was really impressed. The really cool thing is that
these home pages will always live on in the computer world, (which we all
know will take the place for a lot of things in the very near future) so
that our future generation will be able to see what we contributed as
students. Thats the really fascinating part...that our work will remain
untouched and preserved for all to see, from any part of the world, at any
time. I don't know about you guys, but as for me, someone who is totally
without a doubt computer illiterate, it never dawned on me to look at it
in that way. Gone are the days when old decrepit works of art with fading
yellow pages will have to be restored in a museum, now it's high tech and
away we go into the future. It's kind of scary though, because it takes
away from the humanistic side of things...is this all thats going to be
left of us after we all leave this planet? I guess we better leave a good
impression then huh? Anyway back to the subject at hand, I found the
generational curriculum very interesting and hopefully look forward to
creating a home page thats equally interesting. Good luck to all, (I know
that I really need it)...Bye all...

jeanette knutson

Anthony SM Chung
Hello, my fellow classmates. So how is everybody doing on their
exercises? Well, I just finished my surfing on the Gennerational
Curriculum and these are some of my reations on the internet. First of
all, one of the first things that I clicked on was the topic index. I was
so amazed and impressed by the large amount of topics to choose from. The
titles are very descriptive and interesting. Some of the topics that I
was curious about was the Behavioral Self-Witnessing Methodology in
Traffic, Affective and Cognitive Processes Learning the Internet
(Cybercommunity), and Spritual Psychology. Within the first topic I
picked, there were some helpful hints like the Three Step Program for a
Healthier, More Zestful Traffic Life and the self-witnessing process.
Because this is a Traffic Psychology class, I thought this site was very
useful to get an idea about what this class is really about.
Moving on to the Gennerational Curriculum, I felt like I knew
these students personally just by reading their reports. These reports
were very different and unique and it has provided me with a wide range of
their experiences. I consider using the internet and Gennerational
Curriculum to be our current future. This is a great opportunity for
students to work on a project, publish it, and have it remain there for
their children or grandchildren to read. It is great to see this as a
continuum because a reader, say ten years from now, will be able to get a
grasp of how things have changed throughout the years in the way
students write, their experiences, and any memorable events in the past.
Because this is my second year working with the internet and it
feels great to share a piece of myself and take part of these
gennerations. I hope this will be another experience that will be
productive and enjoyable in which I can contribute to this curriculum
again. Well, I guess I will be ending this soon so you don't have to read
too long and I'll be seeing the rest of you in class.

Sincerely,

Anthony Chung

Michelle Robinol Lagunoy

Hi guys and gals.....

Well, i've just exlored the Generational Curriculum and I must say
there's a massive amount of information!! It's so high-tech that so much
information can be saved and shared with the whole entire world with just
the click of a button. What's more unique is that all the research that
other students have done before us will still be there for future
generations to see. Hopfully, by reading what everyone else has done, by
taking this class, and by getting all the help I can...hint, hint ;)...
who knows maybe someday someone will be reading something I wrote.

After reading the tons and tons of information on traffic
psychology, the two things I found interesting were the pages on
Swedenborg Psychology and the fact that I can read up on other students'
work.
Although Swedenborg Psychology didn't deal with traffic psychology
I was intrigued on how psychology can have moral aspects as well as
mental. It contained short stories of how psychology can help turn
people's lives by around using religion. I thought the stories presented
an alternative to the regular text book psychology that we learn in
school. However, now that i've read about Sweden Psychology there so much
more ways to approach this topic of mental behavior than I thought there
was. With all the techicalities that pscyhology has, i'm relived that it
also has it's morals and values side too.

As for being able to explore other students' work, it will come in
handy when I set up my own home page. When I look at people's home pages,
it seems as if it didn't look that hard to do at all. I guess it took
some time, though. They look so professional! I hope I will be able to
make one as well, but I guess I have to start somewhere. Maybe with a
little patience, a little creativity, and a whole lot of time, i'll be
able to create my very own.

See ya' all in class...
Michelle Lagunoy

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