Daniel Greenberg posted:
> The drivers least likely to become enraged, to use their horns =
> excessively,
> etc? Those driving convertibles with the tops down.
> The researchers write, "It appears that an enclosed automobile may
> provide the occupant with a sense of anonymity which, in turn,=20
> serves to facilitate aggressive behavior." (Journal of Social=20
> Behavior and Personality.)
In cities, it seems that people feel anonymous because they're not
statistically likely to run into anyone they know. So when someone
does something rude to me on the road, I wave at them like I know them.
I like to picture them going through their daily lives wondering when
they're going to run into that woman they flipped off on the freeway.
Denise Thorpe
thorpe@kegs.saic.com
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