Misc. Reading Notes

Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do - Tom Vanderbilt

• Drivers with the top down honk less - p25
• While in thick traffic, drivers spend more time being passed then passing (accordian effect in each lane means you pass a bunch of cars quickly, get passed more slowly); adding to this the fact that we look forward more than back (6% of time spent looking in rear view mirrors), and illusion that other lanes are going faster is accentuated.  - p43
• 85% of people killed in work zones are drivers or passengers, not workers - p45
• 15 subjects in Cal State study with no tickets in previous year recieved 33 citations in 2 weeks after putting Black Panther bumber stickers on their cars - p25

The Tartar Steppe - Dino Buzzati

• Good Review:  Three Penny Review