EMOTIONS, ATTITUDES AND DISRTACTIONS WHEN DRIVING

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN EMOTIONS ARE ACTIVE

• You might start to drift of the road and feel in a hurry
• You lose ability to perform driving skills that require precise timing
• You get to the point where you cant predict what other drivers are gonna do
• Depth perception and braking distance and etc are increased

DEALING WITH ROAD RAGE

• If talking with passengers avoid hand gestures
• Mouth the word sorry if they make eye contact to assure them it wasn't on purpose
• Stay in the car and whatever you do dont drive until your rage has settled
• Avoid eye contact so you dont give them bad assumptions

THE DIFFEENCE IN EMOTIONS

• Anger is severely more common than any other emotion
• Although anxiety and anger seems to be the same they're different as well
• Even though emotions can vary from happy to sad, it could be mental or physical
• Many people believe they don't have emotions when they really do

THE EFFECTS OF EMOTIONS WHILE DRIVING

• If you are happy, angry, or anxious it is harder to identify hazards
• You might feel confused or even panic/stricken
• Anger and depression and other emotions can negatively affect peer pressure
• Can sometimes be close to being drunk/ driving drunk, driving sleepy, and driving with high emotions are risky

TEENAGE DISTRACTIONS WHILE DRIVING

• Other passengers emotions effecting you
• Roadkill and other side road distracions
• Electronics and other inside vehicle distractions
• Bugs and other insects and even animals inside car

HOW TO HELP WITH DISTRACTIONS

• Drive alone
• Turn electronics off and avoid eating and drinking inside the vehicle
• If high in emotions, avoid big city streets if you know a simplier route to your destination
• Dont make eye contact with anybody and just focus on the road

TEENAGE EXAMPLES

• Boyfriend and girlfriends
• Sports like big games, etc.
• Smoking, drinking and use of drugs
• Electronics are the biggest distraction

QUESTIONS

• What is the most common type of emotion?
• What is one type of teenage example?
• What do you do if road rage occurs
• What is the biggest distraction of them all?