Psychology of driving

Tell me about temperament, and I will tell you how you drive a car. Psychologists believe that temperament should be taken into consideration when choosing a profession. Depending on the particular nerve processes they distinguish dozens of varieties of temperament, but in practice four classic types of temperament are analyzed: choleric, phlegmatic, sanguine and melancholic.

It is very important to know that drivers with choleric temperament the dynamics of the car perfectly, but in three of five cases make mistakes during braking and when choosing a safe distance. On the contrary drivers with phlegmatic temperament experience difficulties when it is need to move in speed mode, but they rarely expose themselves and their car to unjustifiable risk. Sanguine temperament is characterized by high efficiency and energy. Sanguine likes diverse driving, it constantly states new problems before him, but the number of errors he makes at the wheel is higher than among drivers with another temperament. Melancholic is distinguished by sensitivity to exogenous irritant. As a rule, drivers with such a temperament follow traffic rules pedantically, but have great difficulties in dense urban traffic flow, as well as in difficult weather conditions requiring increased attention.

Learn to command yourself

Human security depends largely on the mood or psycho-emotional factors. It is important to understand and assess your own mood, the attitude to others, that is to identify "the enemies of security" and learn how to cope with them. Many drivers after the slightest misprint of neighbouring driver become aggressive. The less time such a driver has to get to his designation the stronger are his utterances. He uses eloquent gestures, flashing lights impatient horn blasts. The paradox is that even the normally calm and poised people when riding can become "infected" by the virus of aggression.