Emotional
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People and Cars
Warning Signs
In my experience, a person's driving and
how they relate to cars is a good indicator of his (or her) true
personality. Below are some warning signs of an unhappy person
with a lot of unmet emotional needs. I know this because I have
done most of them myself!
Someone who:
- Labels people; calls other drivers
idiots, morons, etc.
- Criticizes other drivers
- Swears
- Thinks he is a better driver than
others
- Doesn't look ahead to see if the light
is red before speeding up to pass someone
- Tailgates
- Weaves in and out of traffic
- Gets so close to the back of a truck
that you can read the expiration on the license plate,
even at high speeds
- Indicates his car is more important
than your feelings
- Will hurt you physically or
psychologically if you hurt his car
- Spends more time talking about the
traffic and how others drive than talking to you
- Spends more time working on his car
than on himself
- Drinks, smokes and throws the bottles
& wrappers out the window
- Courts danger
- Seems not to value either your or his
life
- Tries to teach other people a lesson
as he drives, especially if they anger him
- Gets out of his car & shouts at
other drivers (or worse)
- Needs to be first
- Points out all your driving flaws
- Honks at anything he doesn't like
- Shows off while driving
- Gets angry at himself if he gets lost
or misses a turn
- Leaves late, then drives dangerously
fast
- Speeds up at yellow lights
- Uses the car to scare you
- Uses the car to communicate indirectly
with you or others
- Slams on the brakes in anger
- Slams car doors
- Hits or kicks the car in anger
- Says he "hates" a lot of
things while driving
- Deliberately refuses to let people in
front of him
I originally made this list around 1996
when I lived in Florida.
S. Hein