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Friday, August 15, 2003 ( 9:26 AM ) MB While looking for something else, I found this. Only child: Characteristic Bad Feeling: Frustration Strategies for survival: Imaginary companions, two speeds (fast and slow) for doing things Felt Loss: Freedom Sense of Justice: Everyone should be treated equally Thought Pattern: Organization T-shirt: "Leave me alone, I'd rather do it myself" Childhood Behavior: Emotional, Obedient Emotional Expression: demonstrative, tantrums Source of Anger: Intrusion Nature of Humor: Sarcasm Means of Relating: Projection Spirituality: Ethical Relational: Feels others' feelings, fixer of problems The Child Within: Smothered Type of Procrastination: Put off big jobs while doing little jobs Blind spot: What others think/feel Boundaries: Has them for self and others A walk in the woods: Stays on the path Careers: Radio Announcer, Finance, Teaching, Ministry, Management Strengths: Organizing, Stability Parenting: Allows children time and space Marriage: Tries to meet partner's expectations As Friend: Emotional, Considerate Social Contributions: Organizational leadership, authors of self-help books Expression of Love: Worry Driving Style: As if everyone is going to do the right thing Listening Style: Puts own meaning into others' words Common Phrase: "You know" Responds To: "I don't know about you but...." Permalink Monday, August 11, 2003 ( 12:00 PM ) MB Instapundit has a link to an article about things that distract drivers. Using a cell phone, amazingly, was way down the distraction list -- only 30 percent of drivers -- way below conversing with passengers (77 percent), eating and drinking (71 percent), and "grooming" (46 percent). Just below this last one, at a little over 44 percent, was dealing with other passengers, particularly children ("If you don't sit down, I'm coming back there!") This study is by no means comprehensive, and analysts are already pointing to its flaws. It's a good bet, for instance, that at least some of the participants were able to change their behavior for longer than those first three hours of taping. And the cell phone figure -- only 28 of the 70 drivers were videoed on their phones while driving -- seems at variance with the anecdotal experience of just about everyone. I'm not really surprised that cell phones were a smaller percentage than one might have expected. It's easier to see when someone is on the phone (unless they are using a headset) so we remember it more. It's harder to tell if the other driver is changing a radio station, yelling at the kids, or searching for change. We just assume the driver is a clueless idiot and wonder how they ever got a license in the first place. Permalink |
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