Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do (and What It Says About Us)

from LynnB

I enjoyed this exploration of driving: driver psychology, traffic engineering, car design, accident analysis and cultures. Tom Vanderbilt did a lot of research -- both in the libraries and laboratories and in the car -- and has compiled this work into a highly readable, sometimes funny and often ...

from mkschoen

OK, I am a traffic and engineering geek, so I was pre-disposed to like this. But I think Vanderbilt does a good job of explaining the science to laymen, and getting into all the psychological stuff which you wouldn't normally think about associated with traffic.And, I've been driving way more car...

from ubaidd

Traffic I have often been accused of being both an aggressive and an unsafe driver, much to my chagrin. I know I am aggressive, but unsafe? That I take exception to. It is true however that your own perception of how you drive is much out of whack with your passenger's perspective. Traffic - Why ...

from Ti99er

I enjoyed listening to this book on my daily commutes to and from the daily grind. Vanderbilt spent a lot of time researching the habits and tendancies of the modern day driver. He explains some of the reasons behind our actions on the road. He even gives some insight as to where oad rage might s...

from jintster

This follows the template of Freakonomics blending economics. sociology and phychology with counter-intuitive results. Unfortunately, it very much has the feel of a book comissioned to jump on the Freakanomics bandwagon. Here's an interesting subject - I'll write about 10 issues, roughly 25 pages...