Assertiveness as an effective skill increasing the safety of a young driver

The article addresses the issue of assertiveness and its training by young (though not only) drivers. Assertiveness is a key skill when one needs to resist pressure from others regarding, for example, driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, accelerating rapidly to overtake others, lending a car, or overloading it with an excessive number of passengers. Very often, young drivers are unable to behave assertively, or they believe that their behavior will be perceived as inappropriate. Training assertiveness in this case may turn out to be a so-called “life” decision, understood both literally and figuratively.ASSERTIVENESS AS AN EFFECTIVE SKILL TO INCREASING THE SAVETY
OF YOUNG DRIVERS.
The article deals with the issue of assertiveness and training assertiveness by young drivers. Assertiveness is a key skill when you need to resist pressures related to drinkdriving, speeding to overtake other vehicles, lending a car or overloading it.
Since frequently young drivers are unable to behave assertively, or they do not consider their behaviour can be perceived negatively, training assertiveness may turn out to be a
“life decision” in both literal and figurative sense.
Assertiveness is enjoying increasing popularity; it makes a person feel better, have higher self-esteem and belief in their own capabilities, improves mutual contacts, contributes to achieving goals, and allows for independent decision-making and full self-expression. It is a skill thanks to which people openly express their thoughts, feelings, and beliefs without disregarding the feelings and views of their interlocutors.
The theory of assertiveness is based on the assumption that every individual possesses certain basic rights that the environment should respect, and that the ability to be assertive can be developed within oneself.[1]. In conflict situations, skills (…)

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