Emotions + Driving = Bad Mix

We are emotional creatures, and our emotions extend to our actions and reactions behind the wheel. Emotions are irrational things; sometimes, there is nothing we can do to control them.

In the article Fatal Traffic Accidents Rise After Terrorism, we see a lot of theorizing about just why the rate of traffic accidents consistently spikes three days after terror attacks in Israel.

Think about the tone of this article: it asks why three days? What is the exact cause?

But that's not the most important question.

This phenomenon exists, and it's killing people. (In societies that are already suffering terribly.)

The important question is what are we going to do to prevent it?

Emotions are part of our nature: they're what make us human. But the place of emotion is within human relationships (emotion really only exists in human interactions), not driving a deadly vehicle.

We need to respect our emotions. We need to respect each other. We need start thinking about how to stop humans from driving.