Big Question: How fixed is our personality?
“But something deeper and more transformative happens when we move from people who walk to people who drive,” the author states.(20) In this quote, the author says that people change from personality when getting in a metal box on wheels. The reader realizes that they too, are victim of rude gestures while driving, and feeling invincible.
Traffic by Tom Vanderbilt is about different variables that affect drivers on the road. Your attitude is different on the road than what it is when talking to a friend. Past experiences driving, society, and even your fellow passengers help shape you who are on the road. Vanderbilt does a very nice job on explaining different factors of why people may swerve too late, or not see the oncoming 18-wheeler. Tom Vanderbilt has explains how the varying levels of anxiety can affect your driving to the point where you lose control of your car, and you didn’t know it until you crashed. He also explains why we drive, and why we drive faster when periods of our life are not what we want them to be.
Drivers all over the world know when they themselves have yelled obscenities at the top of their lungs, or asked a rhetorical question like, “Are you going to turn?” in reference to blinking turn …show more content…
Before you classify as the safest driver on the block, you must know the in’s and out’s of your car, surroundings, and the personalities of others. If everyone could know that the immediate danger of driving and texting, or drinking and driving, a lot more people would straighten up their driving skills. I think some drivers are careful, but there are those few that ruin everything else for everybody. This is where personality could change in favor of living one’s life. Tom stated, “More people are killed on the roads each month than were killed in the September 11
“But something deeper and more transformative happens when we move from people who walk to people who drive,” the author states.(20) In this quote, the author says that people change from personality when getting in a metal box on wheels. The reader realizes that they too, are victim of rude gestures while driving, and feeling invincible.
Traffic by Tom Vanderbilt is about different variables that affect drivers on the road. Your attitude is different on the road than what it is when talking to a friend. Past experiences driving, society, and even your fellow passengers help shape you who are on the road. Vanderbilt does a very nice job on explaining different factors of why people may swerve too late, or not see the oncoming 18-wheeler. Tom Vanderbilt has explains how the varying levels of anxiety can affect your driving to the point where you lose control of your car, and you didn’t know it until you crashed. He also explains why we drive, and why we drive faster when periods of our life are not what we want them to be.
Drivers all over the world know when they themselves have yelled obscenities at the top of their lungs, or asked a rhetorical question like, “Are you going to turn?” in reference to blinking turn …show more content…
Before you classify as the safest driver on the block, you must know the in’s and out’s of your car, surroundings, and the personalities of others. If everyone could know that the immediate danger of driving and texting, or drinking and driving, a lot more people would straighten up their driving skills. I think some drivers are careful, but there are those few that ruin everything else for everybody. This is where personality could change in favor of living one’s life. Tom stated, “More people are killed on the roads each month than were killed in the September 11