Hotheads on wheels: the scholarly view

August 1, 2012 - Newnan - Amber Rogers (left) takes the wheel as Leah Gaillot and Caleb Britt film their segment on texting and driving. Students at Central Education Center, a public charter school in Cowetta County, help produce "The Link", a local cable television program. CEC has received national acclaim for its efforts in preparing students for work after high school. The students also produced their own segment on for the show on the dangers of texting and driving. BOB ANDRES / BANDRES@AJC.COM

Credit: Andria Brooks

Credit: Andria Brooks

August 1, 2012 - Newnan - Amber Rogers (left) takes the wheel as Leah Gaillot and Caleb Britt film their segment on texting and driving. Students at Central Education Center, a public charter school in Cowetta County, help produce "The Link", a local cable television program. CEC has received national acclaim for its efforts in preparing students for work after high school. The students also produced their own segment on for the show on the dangers of texting and driving. BOB ANDRES / BANDRES@AJC.COM

The academic journal “Transportation Research Part F: Psychology and Behavior” will publish a special issue late this year on “Advances in Driving Anger.” The journal issued a call for papers this spring which said anger is the most widely studied emotion in context of driving.

The publication is interested in the “impact of nondriving events on driver anger,” cultural influences on driver anger, the connection between distraction and driving anger, and more.

The current Transportation Research journal includes articles on "Analyzing Cycling as a Social Practice: an Empirical Grounding for Behavior Change" and "The Effects of Conversation on Attention and Peripheral Detection: Is Talking With a Passenger and Talking on the Cell Phone Different?"