Traffic : why we drive the way we do (and what it says about us) / Tom Vanderbilt.
By: Vanderbilt, Tom.
New York : Vintage Books, 2009, c2008Edition: 1st Vintage Books ed.Description: viii, 402 p. ; 21 cm.ISBN: 9780307277190 (pbk.).Subject(s): Automobile driving -- Psychological aspects | Traffic congestionGenre/Form: Print books.Summary: Analyzes the complex social, physical, psychological, and technical factors that dictate how traffic works, why we drive the way we do, and what our driving reveals about us, discussing the unintended consequences of attempts to engineer safety.Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Originally published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2008.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-383) and index.
Analyzes the complex social, physical, psychological, and technical factors that dictate how traffic works, why we drive the way we do, and what our driving reveals about us, discussing the unintended consequences of attempts to engineer safety.