Big Toys for Big Boys
The automobile is an essential tool to everyday life however men have gone the extra mile to make it one of their major toys. Men have had a love affair with the automobile and some use it to show a level of accomplishment. Cars are used to express style, taste and desire, and even go further to allow older folk to go back to their youthful days. The hobbyist has used cars as a source of artistic expression. They’ve also used automobiles as a full illustration of how far they can push the envelope in making a normal car into something extraordinary; they will ‘race the paint’ of the machine in the right setting.
This then leads us to raise the question – “Is bigger really better?”
The answer is that normally this is true, however in more recent times we have gravitated towards the more advanced machines with the highest level of technology at your finger tips. Bigger cars have always led the way in making the features of tomorrow available today, and so they have always been associated with being better. There are also the small, fast and exotic sport cars that in their own way are the biggest and best that anyone can own.
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Road Rage
It is often said that he who angers you, controls you. With traffic jams, conflicting and changing values and frustrations of daily life, motorists often become angered as they drive along in bumper to bumper traffic. The term ANGER is a general term describing a strong feeling or reaction of displeasure or antagonism. There are other words too that reveal the degree of anger or how it is expressed. RAGE suggests a very intense anger. FURY can be destructive. INDIGNATION may refer to anger for a righteous cause. And WRATH often implies revenge or punishment.
Anger is usually specific, but how we express anger or deal with it makes a huge difference. When motorists are angry, they are conveying an emphatic message. “You are threatening my happiness and security! You are hurting my pride! You are taking advantage of me!”
Dr. Leon James, Psychologist and noted ‘aggressive driver’, divides road rage into three categories that mirror the transformation from complacency to aggression.
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