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Road Rage to Road-Wise

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An easy read. The book contains insight for those of you who are not prone to rage, helping you to understand those who are, and aids in avoiding those who are. The high-blood pressure types who act out on the road can get some tips on correcting their poor habits, perhaps saving their own lives, and at least preventing a heart attack!

If you like self-help books, this one will appeal to you. It has all the usual checklists, self-assessments, and affirmations. The book is useful in picking apart what's at work in a one-on-one situation of "road rage." However, I disagree with Larsen's notion that otherwise well-adjusted people just turn into monsters when they are behind the wheel. The author needs to write another book in which he probes more deeply into the life situations of road-ragers. He has also proposed, in this book, a "report card" system for drivers, that has postively Orwellian overtones. On balance, the book is well written, with lots of real life examples to keep it readable. One of these examples contains a glaring omission on the author's part; see if you can find it.

I sure hope so, this book was great and helpful. As a third year law student writing a paper examining road rage this was a great first step towards understanding road rage...this book led to other sources as well, but all in all a great starting place to create a good foundation for a paper.
I also learned a few things while reading the book!
Thanks!!
The only problem that I see is that people who are "road ragers" will not have the sense to sit down and read this book.