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Re: Aggressive Driving

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Date: Thu, 02 Jul 1998 00:00
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In article <359bbca9.2949271@news.okc.oklahoma.net>, in@the.sig (E. Faubion) writes:
> 
> AAA: Americans acknowledge some aggressive driving
>  
> By GLEN JOHNSON
> Associated Press
>  
> WASHINGTON - One in four Americans owns up to driving
> aggressively, most commonly by speeding and because they are
> running late, according to a study released Tuesday by the
> American Automobile Association.
[snip]

Instead of posting just the survey results, why don't you post the actual
survey? How the survey is constructed has a great influence on how the
respondants will answer. For an example:

Q: Are you an aggressive driver? Did you, in the past six months,
(check all that apply)
[ ] tailgate
[ ] change lane excessively
[ ] exceed the speed limit
[ ] run red lights
[ ] run stop signs
[ ] travel below the speed limit in the left lane
[ ] pick your nose while driving

The above example shows that the survey has already determined what is
aggressive driving (the last item being intentionally ridiculous) and
respondants really have no choice in deciding what actually is aggressive
to them.

I am quite surprised that only 58 percent of those are speeders. Why do
you think speeding is aggressive? How do you define speeding?

-- 
Isaac      [ f y s t @ m a g m a . c a ]
Fight Your Speeding Tickets page (FYST):
http://www.magma.ca/~fyst
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Subject: Re: Aggressive Driving
Date: 1998/07/02
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