HA. This along with another (ok, I wasn't paying enough attention to who, David?- I wasn't a good student!- except I kept getting good grades) leads me to another explanation. If you consider that these might indeed be an artifact group (old drivers) maybe they've always been slower, more cautious, etc. Aging doesn't cause bad driving- drivers with those habits live longer! It's the rest of us who are the bad drivers! (That's what the defensive driving folks have been telling us aggressive drivers for a LONG time, no?) :) Tim
-----Original Message----- From: DeVolder Carol L [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sun 2/20/2005 5:01 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences Cc: Subject: RE: Crash test Maybe that's just it--older people dawdle, which could be translated into being more cautious and less confident about their own abilities (appropriately). Isn't it funny though, how we consider the speed limit to be the lower limit rather than the upper limit that it is. I do this too, and I often get ticked at people driving under the speed limit. However, I live in the Midwest where there's nothing more aggravating than getting stuck behind a combine in a no-passing zone on a 2-lane highway. Carol Carol L. DeVolder, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Psychology St. Ambrose University 518 West Locust Street Davenport, Iowa 52803 Phone: 563-333-6482 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: http://web.sau.edu/psychology/psychfaculty/cdevolder.htm _____ From: Annette Taylor, Ph. D. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sun 2/20/2005 5:50 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences Subject: Re: Crash test >Exactly. I am having a very hard time giving up a belief that is near and dear to my heart--OLD PEOPLE ARE HORRIBLE DRIVERS! They should be banned off the roads, especially at peak tgraffice times when they DAWDLE down main thoroughfares at the speed limit! Imagine that! Slowing down the rest of us hard working souls. There, I've said it! Yes, it's going to take extraordinarily copious quantities of evidence to convince me! ;-} Annette
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