My review of the book “Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do”
Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do by Tom Vanderbilt
My review
rating: 4 of 5 stars
This was a fairly engaging read. It slows down a bit in the middle and gets better toward the end. Most insightful was the statistics of accidents (showing who generally gets into accidents and why).
If you have a heavy commute, this book will explain a bit of the behavior you see and what you should do about it (stay away from young hormonally driven men in pickup trucks).
In one way this is a sad book. It mentions how little we protest over the deaths of thousands of accident victims each year and yet paralyze ourselves over the modest deaths that come with airline accidents. There is food for thought here and can serve as the foundation for each of us driving a bit smarter and pushing for changes that will results in fewer deaths and injuries.
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