Obregon once responded to a cellular phone call for help from a motorist who was being followed by another car. The driver who called for help had made it obvious she was on the phone. Unfortunately, few people believe that they are part of the problem. Leon James, a psychology professor at the University of Hawaii, may have a way to get the idea across. In an undergraduate course in traffic psychology, he has students put a tape recorder on the dashboard.
Most students are surprised at how intense and negative they can be.
I've been talking to myself in traffic lately, and like James's students, I'm not crazy about what I hear myself saying. Maybe if we all started listening to ourselves rather than shouting at our fellow drivers, the roads we travel would become a little less perilous. Inc. All rights reserved.