Is Modern Day Motorists?

These drivers not only annoy me, but they also endanger other people. Fast drivers decide to push up right on my bumper, when I am going as fast as I can, making it hard to brake, for the fear of a car going into the back of my small car. It is always funny how when someone is late, the person they end up driving behind is the old lady with no care in the world about whether she gets to the store by next year. Driving should not be stressful, but because of all the bad drivers, it becomes a task that requires fast reflexes and develops patience. I love driving, but it would be so much better with the exclusion of bad

Staying calm is very important. Aggressive drivers tend to make rude gestures and yell obscenities, but do not let this bother you. Paying attention to them will only divert your attention away from the road. Also, do not become frantic if something unexpected happens. Remaining calm will help you think more clearly and

not aware of the tickets and fines they will receive because of their catastrophic driving habit. Road rage and aggressive driving may be similar to some, however the characteristics of the two are in fact different. “In our state of Florida police use a wide variety of non-traditional vehicles and a plain clothes officer’s to record violations with a radar unit and to relay information to patrol vehicles in the area” (Rathbone 15). The result of a survey showed that the time of day which road rage is at it’s greatest is 25% during the 4:00 to 6:00 pm travel peak. Watch

Another grim indicator of the dangers of road rage is the huge amounts of accidents caused by the frenzied actions of these enraged individuals.

After reading “Driving While Stupid,” by Dave Barry, he tells us about some of his experience with seeing bad drivers. Barry uses many old experiences while being in Miami, China, Boston, and Argentina. I agree with this statement because in almost every city I been in the driving was terrible. Everyone, in some way or another, has witnessed people drive very stupid and reckless. Barry indicated that some drivers use insane driving techniques. These include driving very fast, failure of the utilization of headlights at night, and having distractions for the view of the drivers. He says that the drivers do not have a sequence for navigation since some are involved in phone calls, eating, reading, changing CDs, crowd surface makeup, etc. This is a common thing for teens and even adults to be distracted behind the wheel. He drove through various cities where the traffic laws are constantly being violated. For example, has only one traffic law, which is “No driver may ever be behind any other driver.” In his opinion, Miami drivers are the worst drivers that he has ever witness because of the guy who was driving on 1-95. He was watching videos on his phone and was clearly not paying attention to the road or any other drivers. This does not only affect him but also the other people around him. He was not be cautious of the road and putting his and others lives in danger.

In bumper-to-bumper traffic they will honk, flip people the bird, and yell as if the rest of us can do anything to make things flow way better. Stay away, give him plenty of space, and let him take his anger out on someone or something else. Change lanes, do not drive in front of him, and get behind him. Do anything you can to let someone else be the target of his anger and avoid them

5).  Drivers have been listening to music, podcast, and talk radio for countless years; however, as of late, drivers have been starting to use headphones instead of their vehicles speakers.  When a driver does this, it decreases their awareness and limits their hearing enough to where they would not hear the warning signs and could cause serious accidents.

Now we get into what is known as the reckless driver. A picture comes to mind of a frazzled man or woman driving a beat up Oldsmobile; cigarette dangling from the lip of their mouth, swerving in and out of traffic while others beep their horns in disapproval. This type of driver can occur when a competent driver has had a bad day and is encountering the overly cautious driver. Stereotypically this driver is younger in age and male, but I feel that the reckless driver has no set age or sex. They get so angry for the smallest of reasons that they don’t really care what they do as a result, so long as they go out in a blaze of glory. They tend to disregard most driving signs and have no qualms about risking their life or the lives of others. These are the drivers who barely apply the brake when coming to a stop, more like “tap tap and go”. My uncle Jim is a prime example of a reckless driver. At the age of 82, he drives a boat of a Cadillac, commanding the streets with his led foot and somewhat latent reactions to those around him. Try telling him to ease up or look out, and he’s bound to increase the gas flow to his V8 engine.

Different drivers have different personalities, and these were just some of the most annoying ones I have found. Having such people on the roads though makes driving scary. You never know what may happen next.

Nerenberg believes that road rage is a “mental disorder and social disease,” which involves evolution. He states that throughout history mankind has had a competitive spirit and tries to dominate others. Nerenberg defines road rage as “ basically a maladaptive reaction to an identifiable psycho-social stressor that interferes with social functioning,” or, more simply put, “one driver expressing anger at another driver ... at least twice a year.” John Larson, a psychiatrist at Yale University, believes road rage is a “vigilante behavior” and that different levels of road rage exist. Furthermore, Larson believes that road rage is caused by association with sports, saying that a road rager is an individual who is “strongly imbued with the sports model, either from high school, college or professional sports; and from identification with sports heroes who become introjected models for behavior.” Make and model of a car is also a determining factor in road rage, according to Larson.

Road rage is so widespread these days because many people have very little patience and or the ability to wait for people who take their time. Many people also have “have-to-have-it-now” syndrome, also known as impatience. Drivers could also be late for work but this reason really suffice for this incident because that would mean that everyone would just randomly use that excuse to ride someone they are annoyed with off the road. Road rage is now easily triggered by someone waiting a second before hitting the gas pedal off a red light turning red or someone not putting their blinker on when they switch lanes cutting someone off. Road rage in general is triggered by someone upsetting someone who has bad driving habits or is just plain old

Road rage is definitely as response to high-stress lives, not only the act of driving. If I have a fabulous day, running on time and everything is running smoothly and someone cuts me off or sits too long at a red light, I will be understanding and forgiving of their actions. But, if my day at work was terrible, my kids aren’t listening to me and my husband forgot to do a simple task and someone cuts me off or doesn’t use a turn signal I can get irate, blow my horn, and make hand gestures. My personal level of road rage will definitely parallel from the day I have

Driving can be a daunting task. Driving instructors often tell their student drivers to always look over their shoulders when they want to change lanes. There are areas that drivers are not able to see through the rearview and sideview mirrors and because of this, relying on them alone can lead to a deadly collision. Like these areas that drivers cannot see, there are hidden assumptions that we all have that influences our actions and behaviors and they have the potential to cause disastrous results; these are called blind spots. With being unaware of our own hidden assumptions, we are bound to unintentionally act and behave in a discriminatory matter towards particular groups of people, even in the most subtle of ways.

The question that should be asked is why are so many people are compelled to be dangerous drivers? It could be that there is a sense of invincibility when they are in control of a big powerful machine. This is often the case with younger male drivers, who enjoy the thrill of dangerous driving. In other instances normally calm, law abiding drivers snap in a fit of rage. This road rage can turn a driver from calm to instantly a monster behind the wheel,

When we start talking about traffic, the first thing that comes to our mind is road rage; however, it would surprise you how people stay cool in this type of chaos. Gridlocks are the nightmare for any driver. I have been driving for eight years, and I have had the opportunity to see different types of behaviors in a traffic jam. It is surprisingly amazing how traffic jams can bring out the worst and the best of you. Throughout my driving life, I had been stuck in heavy traffic that lasted more than four hours, and light traffic that only lasted less than forty-five minutes. However, sitting in traffic gave me the opportunity to categorize driver’s behavior such as the ass of the jungle, the monk drivers, the snoopies and the hot head