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 | | What sets the Mad Max-type apart from other drivers is a tendency to measure his self-worth by his "achievements" on the highway and propensity to get peeved over trivial matters, says Dr John Larson, a Norwalk, Connecticut, psychiatrist and author of Steering Clear of Highway Madness (Book Partners, 1996). |
 | | On this "self-esteem battleground," anything impeding these drivers, say, from hurtling in the fast lane at 95 mph or getting to the Valley from the airport in 20 minutes, ignites hostility. |
 | | Sources: Dr John Larson, psychiatrist and author of Steering Clear of Highway Madness (Book Partners, 1996), the American Automobile Association, and Whittier psychologist Arnold Nerenburg, who runs a 10-step compassion program for overcoming road rage. |
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