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Show fiSV The Salt Lake Tribune, Wednesday, February - ,f4 5, 1986 rM O No PI net lor Dan . (anus (rou Messages Risky on Highway Non-Verb- al messages we are sending from the protection of our automobiles. Most of them arc, unfortunately, negative or derogatory in meaning but can be employed positively as well. Consider, for example, an accident investigated where a brand new Oldsmobile was lying on its side in the dirt divider-stribetween opposing travel lanes of the freeway. As I pulled up, the owner came running up to my car shouting expletives about this guy in a beat up old Chevy who had run him off the road and then just drove off. The guy was calling for the death penalty against this driver. fly Sgt. Gary Whitney Utah Highway Patrol We don't usually talk to other drivers as we cruise down the highway, but we do indeed communicate with them. Whether it be an expression of outrage with an 1 obscene gesture or p a flash of the eyes into the rear-viemirror to show our displeasure, we are actively telling someone something. communication is the way we "talk" to other drivers from inside our cars while out on the roadway. We're all very good at it, and in fact, use it as a part of almost every conversation we have. Your boss Non-verb- might march into your office, move uncomfortably close and stand over you. then speak loudly through pursed lips about what she perceives as a problem with your having been late to work every day that week. If you didn't understand a word she said, there would be little doubt about the message. She didnt knock before coming into your office, as you are expected to do before entering hers. She marched right in and invaded your space. The volume and tone of her voice said plenty without the words, and her facial expressions were worth a million words. You got her message all right. And you will get the message just as effectively with the same communication methods out on the highway. We need to be more aware of the ItU A witness to the accident got the license plate number of the missing car. I found the driver at his home later that evening and an interesting story unfolded. The scenario began with tne Olds driver, whom we will call Mr. X (for expletive), moving down the fast lane of the freeway at about 50 mph. He was driving slowly to break in his new car, and said he "just likes to travel in the left lane." Mr. Y (for why me?) was in a hurry and scooted up on X's bumper to "sort of move him along a little bit. Our first message. non-verb- With a rear-viemirror full of message bumper, the first was not wasted on Mr. X. who answered by glaring back into the rearview mirror. He also rapped on the brake pedal for Mr. Ys edification, with the hope of scaring Mr. Y in the process. Mr. Y got the message all right, but it was not the one Mr. X was sending He jammed the old Chevy into passing gear, sailed around Mr. X and then cut him off with a sudden jerk back into the left lane. Just like the angry boss mentioned above, Mr. Y had moved into what Mr. X considered "his space and in so doing, signaled dominance. At this point Mr. X forgot all about break-iperiod, called on the big horses under the Oldsmo-bile'- s hood and did the same thing to Mr. Y. Only when he got in front he slowed down again. Just to "show 'em " They played this game a couple more times and then X started gesturing. And that's when it happened Mr. Y blew his stack and forced Mr. X right off the road. He said he didn't slop to see if anyone was hurt because if he had. and Mr. X hadn't been hurt, then he would have had to hurt him anyway. This is your more agcomgressive variety of munication. the new-ca- n r non-verb- The story is not at all unusual. 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