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Driving Amid Road Rage: An interview with Leon James

With ever increasing commute times and seemingly ever ruder drivers, even a calm person may no longer find the car’s sanctuary very peaceful. And then there's road rage.

To help us out, today’s The Eminents interview on PsychologyToday.com is with Leon James. He testified on aggressive driving to the U.S. Congress and is on the National Advisory Panel for the American Institute for Public Safety. He also runs DrDriving.org, where he answers readers’ questions. He has given 1,500 media interviews. This is number 1,501.

Driving While Relaxed: Eight techniques for replacing road rage with commute calm.

A key way that government is trying to force us out of our cars and into mass transit is to build no more freeways despite the population increase. So our commutes are ever longer and more stressful. My PsychologyToday.com article offers eight ways to reduce the stress of driving. HERE is the link.