> TRAFFIC, Why We Drive the Way We Do (and What it Says About Us) by Tom > Vanderbilt
This looks like a great book Arthur - and the previews I have read are entirely consistent with what I have come to understand about road user behavior. I particularly liked this snippet from the review you linked to: "This basic truth - feeling safe kills - lies beneath many of the book's insights." I have frequently said that bicyclists would get a lot more respect on the road if bicycles were made of dynamite. This snippet from "TRAFFIC" seems to validate that statement. For fun one day I did a little online research to see if bicycling while wearing a mock bundle of dynamite on a sling would be legal - it isn't - neither is wearing a mock-firearm. Is there any legal way for bicyclists to make drivers feel less safe on the road? How about a shirt with "Hearing impaired cyclist" or "Epileptic cyclist" or "I'm drunk!" written on the back? Or how about wearing a bicycle helmet with a pair of beer cans (with a drinking tube) mounted on top? Or maybe I could wear a pair of fake arms that made it look like I had no hands on the handlebars - or maybe just one fake arm holding a fake cellphone to my hear. > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [Bikies] creating a mindset...informing/marketing who > cyclistsare? > From: "Ross, Arthur" <[email protected]> > Date: Fri, January 23, 2009 4:02 pm > To: <[email protected]> > I'm not sure if this book has been mentioned on BIkies before or not, > but check it out > > > > Read a review from the International Helard Tribune > http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/08/arts/idbriefs9D.php?page=2 > Traffic jams are not, by and large, caused by flaws in road design but > by flaws in human nature. While this is bad news for drivers - there's > not much to be done about human nature - it is good news for readers of > Tom Vanderbilt's new book. "Traffic" is not a dry examination of highway > engineering; it's a surprising, enlightening look at the psychology of > human beings behind the steering wheels. > An alternate title for the book might be "Idiots." > . . . > > _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org
