By Ted Barrett and Kate Hallenborg. Info from Drive Right driver's manual

1. Chapter 14: Effects of Driver
Condition
By Ted Barrett and Kate Hallenborg
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2. 14.1 Emotions and Driving
• Emotions affect the way you think and act,
and can therefore affect the way you drive
• They can change the way you make decisions
when driving and can affect the safety of
yourself and other drivers.
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3. Mental Effects of Emotions
• Strong emotions such as anger and sadness
can conflict with your ability to think and
reason
• This can cause you to make rash decisions
while on the road and have poor judgment
• You may focus on one thing and ignore others,
causing you to miss important information
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4. Physical Effects of Emotions
• Physical effects include faster heartbeat, faster
breathing, muscle tightening, and slowed
digestion
• Emotional stress can make you tired and can
long-term give you diseases such as heart
disease
• Situations such as traffic can cause stress.
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5. Anger While Driving
• Anger is the most common driving emotion.
• A driver may get angry when another driver
makes a bad driving decision
• Large amounts of anger can result in
aggressive actions, collectively known as
“road rage”.
• If anger continues, you may be way less
careful
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6. Other Emotions While Driving
• Other emotions include sorrow, depression,
and anxiety
• These can lower alertness and slow you down
• Anxiety usually leads to confusion and
decreased mental alertness
• Happiness can also prevent complete focus on
driving
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7. Emotions and IPDE
• Emotions can interfere with IPDE by slowing
down time to make decisions
• Emotions may cause you to make quick,
thoughtless decisions
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8. Passengers and Emotions
• When driving, the driver must be the leader
and not be influenced by peer pressure
• As a passenger, do not distract the driver,
discourage the driver from having reckless
behavior, and compliment the driver if he or
she is doing a good job
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9. Effects on Risk Taking
• Emotions have a huge influence on how you
take risks
• Responsible drivers don’t let emotions control
how they act
• Depending on your situation, you may be
more willing to take risks
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10. Controlling Emotion
• Use IPDE process to drive
• Anticipate stressful situations
• Yield to aggressive drivers
• Adjust route to avoid traffic
• If you are tired, take extra care in handling
emotions
• Learn from your mistakes
• Remember to be a courteous driver
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