The anger that descends on people when they get behind the steering wheel of a car used to be ___1___ as a joke. But the laughter is getting noticeably quieter ___2___ that the problem has become increasingly widespread. ___3___ in a traffic jam, with family cars inching their ___4___ past, the driver of a fast sports car begins to lose his temper. ___5___ the capabilities of his car, there is nothing he can do. The ___6___ is anger.
Many people live in ___7___ of losing control. This is true of many situations but driving is a good example. People think that the car might not start, it might break ___8___, or someone might run into it. Before anything ever happens, people have worked themselves up into a ___9___ of anxiety. And when something does happen, they're ___10___ to explode. In fact, it is their very anxiety about losing control that ___11___ them lose control.
This is not to ___12___ that all offenders have psychological problems of driving powerful sports cars. In fact, most of them are ___13___ ordinary human beings who have no history of violence. There is ___14___ something deep in our nature that ___15___ when we start up a car engine.
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excites
awakens
disturbs
upsets
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