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View Poll Results: When Driving, Do The Smallest Mistakes Trigger Your Anger? | |
Yes - I cannot control my anger more often than not
|    | 6 | 13.04% | |
Yes - Though I control my anger and keep it to myself
|    | 11 | 23.91% | |
Yes - Sometimes I just explode, though typically are calm
|    | 15 | 32.61% | |
No.
|    | 13 | 28.26% | |
I Do Not Drive.
|    | 1 | 2.17% | 
07-02-2008, 08:58 AM
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| |  Anger: Road Rage
I know a lot of us suffer from anger issues. It does not matter what my mood but even the smallest idiot on the road seems to inflame some intense road rage. My questions is: When driving, do the smallest mistakes trigger your anger?
Last edited by anthony; 07-02-2008 at 10:43 AM.
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07-02-2008, 07:52 PM
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Posts: 1,776
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I heard that a person doesn't really learn to cuss until they learn to drive. Kind of a telling statement.
As for me, my mood and my stress levels all tend to dictate how much anger I get at other drivers who have bone-head moments. Sometimes I can laugh it off and sometimes I have to stop driving for a moment and sit to get my anger back under control.
Lisa |
07-02-2008, 08:13 PM
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Posts: 2,293
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I didn't vote as there wasn't a sometimes. I guess like Lisa, it would depend on my mood and stress level. There are certain things from other drivers that really piss me off. |
08-02-2008, 12:33 AM
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Posts: 125
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I voted no. Small mistakes made by other drivers don't upset me much at all. We all make them even though we may not want to admit it.
Recklessness is a different subject. |
08-02-2008, 12:55 AM
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Posts: 1,830
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Wendy, I added "sometimes" for you or anyone else who wishes to vote for that option. |
08-02-2008, 05:24 AM
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Posts: 25
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With all due respect i did not want a sometimes or i would have added it. let me clarify what i mean since having PTSD this is someting that triggers my anger.
Can omeone please remove "sometimes"
thank you
John |
08-02-2008, 06:58 AM
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John, I added "sometimes" so that the people who only experience road rage part of the time, in certain circumstances or mood, may also vote in your poll. Otherwise those people are excluded and the poll is not as accurate. |
08-02-2008, 08:01 AM
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Hi John,
Polls are edited, posts are edited, we reserve that right to ensure things are portrayed to the members as accurately as possible.
Anthony |
08-02-2008, 08:46 AM
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Kathy,
Thank you for adding the sometimes. Although I didn't realize it would cause a problem. I wasn't looking for a fight nor to piss anyone off. I merely wanted to vote, but couldn't. |
08-02-2008, 05:45 PM
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Hello Jonathan, I voted 'sometimes' myself. Its not as black and white as yes or no. I do lose it but when I'm going through a bad time, not slept well or are just having a bad day with loads of trigger. Otherwise I'm ok. | | Thread Tools | | | | Display Modes |  Linear Mode | 
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