Road Rage
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A common issue that people deal with themselves or experience other people who have this condition is Road Rage. I would be one who has a serious condition of road rage. I will admit that sometimes, by the time I get to my destination, I am ready to kill or hurt somebody. But Road Rage is a serious problem in the United States and all over the world. On the autobahn, it is illegal to show road rage. It is weird that people can speed past anybody at one-hundred plus miles per hour and get away with it and not to be able to give somebody the bird without getting a ticket. There are hundreds of thousands of wrecks each year that are contributed by Road Rage, that may in return cause somebody else to have this condition.
What causes Road Rage? Is it peoples everyday carelessness about others, or does it have anything to do with driving? If we cared more about other people then we do ourselves, would this be such a problem around the world? The way that people have developed in todays society, their me, myself, and I attitude that we are taught to have would seem to be one of the main problems
Road Rage can also be caused by something that happened at home that has carried over to the drive. It is never a smart idea to drive when emotions are high. When people do this, they are more likely to drive more selfishly, and not pay attention to other drivers. People with high emotions also take more risks while driving, and therefore are involves in more wrecks and fatalities. During Drivers Education class, you are taught to drive defensively and always watch for the other car, mainly for this exact reason.
Many people have Road Rage, but may not show it. People who decide to show the rage have a variety of expressions, with the most popular, giving somebody the middle finger. Some of the other forms of expressing this disease would be cutting people off. That is where a driver cuts in front of another driver when they are not in the position to do so. Showing this form of road rage may also cause the victim to catch this fever. Road Rage is highly contagious and can be spread just by getting behind the wheel. This epidemic has caught the world by storm and is showing no sign of going away. Although not deadly in small amounts, a heavy contamination of rage can cause a gruesome death. Screaming and shouting obscenities at the other driver seems to be very popular. This would be the one that I engage in the most. Driving can mutate the nicest, most caring person you know into a violent and enraged animal within seconds.
Back to the question “what causes Road Rage?” what is it that triggers somebody to inflict these unspeakable acts of rage upon somebody else. Why do people feel the need to cut off somebody to get to a job they hate a few seconds early? Are those seconds important enough to risk the lives of others, and if not, why be in a rush everywhere you go? People only get one chance at life, so why not try to make it last as long as possible. Im pretty sure you dont want to spend that last seconds of your life screaming in anger at somebody. I would rather die doing something exciting like bungee jumping, or sky diving not screaming at somebody, then getting into a car wreck.
When television first started, there were only a few channels that were available for viewing. That was only for the lucky ones that could afford a television set. Most of the activities were done outside where kids would interact with each other. Now there are a variety of channels for people to choose from, that are on at all hours of the day. The cost of a basic television today cost about twenty to fifty dollars compared to the hundreds of dollars when they first came out.
Television makes life so much easier for kids today. They dont have to use their imagination or bodies to entertain themselves. The only muscle they