Road Rage and Aggressive Driving: Steering Clear of Highway Warfare
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| Rating | : | 4.51 (871 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1573928461 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 298 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-05-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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"the definitive book on the aggressive driving epidemic" -- Palo Alto Daily News, November 4, 2000
Do you drive with stress and frustration? Do you frequently complain about other drivers or get involved in hostile interactions with other motorists? Are you afraid for your teenage drivers in this climate of highway warfare? We're in the midst of an escalating epidemic of aggressive driving, which eats up 250 billion dollars a year in economic cost and causes the misery associated with 6 million injuries every year. Diane Nahl trace the aggressive driving problem to its roots in childhood when child passengers imbibe their parents' aggressiveness towards other motorists and their cynicism towards regulations and the law. Besides vivid anecdotal evidence and personal stories of typical road rage incidents that we have all experienced, James and Nahl present self-tests that readers can use to estimate their own road rage tendency, and they prescribe activities to help every driver learn self-improvement and self-awareness skills behind the wheel. Leon James and Dr. Our traffic emotions need to be trained, the authors stress, and they provide the explanations and activities needed to strengthen critical thinking about road events.. The authors argue that road rage and aggressive driving are common traffic emotions experienced by the vast majority of drivers.This authoritative book-the first to synthesize the subject of aggressive driving-presents conclusions of recent studies, highlights citizen activism, and summarizes legislative and police initiatives. The a
. Nahl and Dr. His expert testimony at congressional hearings in July 1997 helped legislators to realize that aggressive driving is a cultural problem. Dr. They're also active in aggressive-driving prevention training for law enforcement, and their Web site at DrDriving provides services for older drivers, commercial drivers, and teen drivers. Diane Nahl, Ph.D. (Honolulu, HI), is associate pro
Ewa Panasiuk said road rage is not a myth. Well written and packed with facts - some of them very suprising. It helps you to assess your character as driver in regards to road rage, how to prevent it and how to educate both yourself and your family, expecially children. Navigation (ebook edition) helps you to get to p. Road rage (or the caveman inside) rickzz The authors of this book are regarded as experts on the subject- they also set up a website on driving, which is widely cited by the media.Overall, this book is well worth reading. It's divided into 3 parts: part I describes the problem of road rage and cites some horrific in. SAVE YOUR SANITY, AND MAYBE YOUR LIFE If you want to be good to yourself and be happier, calmer, more truly in control of your universe, read this book. It could change, not to mention save, your life.The authors guide you to understand your driving self and show how to change highway stress, fear, anger, and ass