Road Rage "You B*TCH!!" BOOM! Another accident due to road rage. "When I'm behind the wheel, the words just seem to fly right out of my mouth", says Rogert Mummert in his article "Putting my Driving in Freud's Lap" written in the New York Times. I find myself doing the same thing. I curse at a woman for cutting inches in front of me without signaling. Whew! That was another close call. "Did you not see my signal, punk??" I cry out as a man almost crashes into me and then decides to honk shouting it was my fault. "Get off your phone you idiot!" I say underneath my breath to a man in his Lexus RX300 SUV in front of me, who thinks that he can drive really slow and back up intersections so no one can complain about him driving one handed chatting on a cell phone. Not innocent myself, I too fall in the category of those drivers suffering from the common disease called Road Rage. Once I get behind the wheel of my '87 Chevy Blazer, all common sense is suspended and I know I will blend in and drive like those maniacs out there that I hate and hypocritically criticize for cutting me off. To some relief, I don't drive like my dad, who will one day cause an accident because of his attitude towards safe driving. He drives 10 miles below the speed limit, and it drives me, my sisters, and other drivers mad. It's people like him that are one of the causes of road rage. Others causes would be people using their cell phones while driving, senior drivers, distracted drivers, and drivers who snake through traffic like speed devils. Cell phones are a big problem for drivers of today's world. If you have a cell phone, you would not be able to leave home without it. I knew a person who was on the freeway for ten minutes when she realized she had forgotten her cell phone at home. She went back and got her cell phone only to find herself late to work.
Driving in Massachusetts, doesn’t always get you somewhere. There were 141,675 motor vehicle crashes in Massachusetts in 2003. In response to the problem, Massachusetts law enforcement officials are vowing to get aggressive on aggressive driving, a growing danger in the state.
In Cormac McCarthy’s novel The Road “the man” and “the boy” refer to themselves as “the good guys” compared to “the bad guys”. While reading this book I was lead to believe that “the boy” is truly the only “good guy” left, because “the man” and every other character that I encountered in this book share some of the same qualities as “the bad guys”.
Drunk driving is a problem that we hear about every day and it is something that effects everyone, but it only becomes real when it affects us directly. What we don’t know is when a problem like drunk driving will become “real” for us. Drunk driving is an issue that has taken a toll on our country and should be stopped. Drunk driving has been an increasing problem for many years. It effects not only the driver but all of society. The good thing is there are many ways the percentage of drunk drivers can be reduced. Although many people believe drunk driving doesn't affect them because they don't drink and drive, it is something that affects the whole community.
“One, two, knock-out punch”…save it for the ring not the court, field, stands, or parking lot. Parents losing their tempers at their children’s sporting events have proven to be potentially fatal. Two hockey dads argued then engaged in a fist fight after their sons’ violent play in during the drills of their hockey practice. The two men, Thomas Junta and Michael Costin had fought once before this incident, but this would be the last tussle between the two men. In fact, this would be Costin’s final fight of his life. Junta was charged with involuntary manslaughter. Michael Costin’s children testified in the trial and strove to extend Thomas Junta’s sentence by describing what they saw and how their father’s death has so greatly affected them. Junta’s children did not attend the trial, as they were too upset (“Thomas”).
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) defines aggressive driving as "the operation of a motor vehicle in a manner that endangers or is likely to endanger persons or property"—a traffic and not a criminal offense like road rage. Examples include speeding or driving too fast for conditions, improper lane changing, tailgating and improper passing. Approximately 6,800,000 crashes occur in the United States each year; a substantial number are estimated to be caused by aggressive driving. 1997 statistics compiled by NHTSA and the American Automobile Association show that almost 13,000 people have been injured or killed since 1990 in crashes caused by aggressive driving. According to a NHTSA survey, more than 60 percent of drivers consider unsafe driving by others, including speeding, a major personal threat to themselves and their families. About 30 percent of respondents said they felt their safety was threatened in the last month, while 67 percent felt this threat during the last year. Weaving, tailgating, distracted drivers, and unsafe lane changes were some of the unsafe behaviors identified. Aggressive drivers are more likely to drink and drive or drive unbelted. Aggressive driving can easily escalate into an incident of road rage. Motorists in all 50 states have killed or injured other motorists for seemingly trivial reasons. Motorists should keep their cool in traffic, be patient and courteous to other drivers, and correct unsafe driving habits that are likely to endanger, antagonize or provoke other motorists. More than half of those surveyed by NHTSA admitted to driving aggressively on occasion. Only 14 percent felt it was "extremely dangerous" to drive 10 miles per hour over the speed limit. 62 percent of those who frequently drive in an unsafe and illegal manner said police for traffic reasons had not stopped them in the past year. The majority of those in the NHTSA survey (52 percent) said it was "very important" to do something about speeding. Ninety-eight percent of respondents thought it "important" that something be done to reduce speeding and unsafe driving. Those surveyed ranked the following countermeasures, in order, as most likely to reduce aggressive and unsafe driving behaviors: (1) more police assigned to traffic control, (2) more frequent ticketing of traffic violations, (3) higher fines, and (4) i...
Gandhi once said, “The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” Good Morning/Afternoon Mr. Nowiki and class. Mark Bellamy’s 2007 short film Road Rage explores how discoveries can be prompted by a desire for insight. This notion of discovery is explored through the lens of the protagonist, Paul Kelman, a motorist who re-evaluates his over reaction to the small things in life.
tail gaters, others giving you the bird or honking because you are in their way,
Picture this, you are on your way to either school or work. You’ve driven on the same road hundreds of times. You might even say that you know every crack and pebble on the road. Cruising the speed limit or maybe even a bit higher than normal speed. You looked at the time and realize you have only five minutes to get to work. Oh no, you’re panicking and looking at traffic to see how you can get to work faster. What are you going to do? You’re most likely going to speed up, but the other cars aren’t going fast enough or are barely at the speed limit. You have no other choice but to get right behind the car in front and tailgate them, hoping they go just a bit faster.
As you’re driving along the side road or highway, you see a set of headlights come up on you rather fast. Suddenly, you look in your rearview mirror and see a huge truck right up against your trunk as you’re driving 50 mph. What should you do? Slow down, speed up, and pull over? As you look, you see the driver getting progressively annoyed. Suddenly the driver shoots out beside your car, lays on the horn, and flips you the bird. “Outrageous!!” You think to yourself.
These days, cars are necessary for everyday living. They take us where we need to go. They are the method of transportation for everyday traveling. Road rage is an increasing problem in America. Incidents of violent driving have been rising for many years now. Many people identify themselves by the car they drive, because of this; road rage is only increased. Potential problems should try to be avoided.
Knowing the effects alcohol has on our body is important to know before getting behind the wheel of a vehicle. One of the main problems is over compensation of driving ability once the alcohol has been ingested another major problem is minors driving under the influence. The main reason this topic means so much to me is because one of my friends was killed in a drunken driving accident during my junior year of high school. Since the accident, my views on drunk driving and alcohol in general have decreased due to all the problems that come from it.
Aggressive driving and road rage are technically two different things. Aggressive drivers operate their vehicles in such a way as to endanger themselves and others on the road. This driving includes tailgating, speeding, weaving in and out of traffic lanes, and cutting other vehicles off. The reason for their actions do not revolve around intimidating or threatening someone else on the road.
Every time you open a newspaper or switch on the TV you are likely to be confronted by stories of controlled and uncontrolled aggression on the sports field, in our homes, in our neighborhoods and cities and countries across the world. Aggression seems to permeate our history and cultures. Human societies spend a lot of time trying to curb and control their citizens’ feelings of aggression to ensure social and governmental relationships function optimally in a peaceful and safe environment. At other times the flames of human aggression are fanned by the same societies in order to challenge opposing societies and ideologies. Yet in war, as in sport and other social arenas, rules have been established to govern and control the worst of aggressive human behavior and hostilities.
Like the rest of the world, I cannot go a day without my phone. Try leaving your phone at home for a day and let me know how you feel. With the growing technology my phone is like my arms and legs. It is my must- have- can’t live without phone. It is my connection to the outside world. It is my connection to other people’s lives and theirs to connect with mine. The “cell phone” started out as a form of communication via calling and then it exploded with text messaging. Now it seems that most people would prefer texting then calling someone.