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ROAD RAGE
Road rage has many faces. For most of us, road rage can be defined as aggressive driving, uncontrolled anger brought on by frustration when driving, retaliation aimed at another driver who did or did not do some action, or – at its worst – criminal behavior.
Most people recognize the stages of driver anger: super-aggressive driving which can include speeding, lane changing, tailgating, or horn-blowing; verbal abuse and gesturing; a physical confrontation; and the use of the vehicle or an available weapon to do injury.
There's an incident: someone cuts in front of someone or someone fails to signal for a turn. It may be nothing more than an error in judgment. A driver gets angry at the incident and retaliates. The incident escalates out of control as the driver over-reacts and assaults another driver or damages his or her vehicle.
It seems to happen most often in congested traffic when the driver is feeling frustrated or is running late. Such conditions can lead to different levels of frustration for different people. But the worst case – road rage – turns into a physical assault or crime against another person.
One thing seems clear. Out-of-control anger on the highway can lead to dangerous conditions for drivers, causing accidents, injuries, and fatalities. Along with increasing traffic congestion and longer commutes, road rage has become part of the landscape, and people need to pay attention to it.
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Mitch Messer on Terrorism
Most people react to terrorist acts in one of two ways: they fight or they give in. Mitch Messer offers a third option – the choice to manage the emotion of anger. He provides new insight into the creation and the mind of tomorrow’s terrorists.
On the receiving end of the terrorist’s violent attacks are the victims. Anger is also alive in these people’s lives after an attack, but it is often glossed over because it’s not considered nice. But a victim’s anger is natural, and to relieve it, Messer says, the anger should be brought out in the open and identified. The next step is for the victim to do something constructive with that anger – if only for themselves. His practical advice is to write as many letters about the anger as it takes to get it out. These are private letters that are never mailed. Talking about the anger to friends and family also helps heal the hurt.
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