Monday, January 24, 2011

Traffic

I recently finished a book about traffic.  I know, I know, who would want to read a book about traffic?  We sit in it long enough and its a source of constant complaint.  It was actually a really interesting book.  It had a couple of fun statistics, like a majority of people rate themselves as above average drivers.  Or people all over the world alot themselves 1 hour of commuting time, whether its by car, bicycle or foot.  Tokyo, Japan - one hour.  Wild Rose, Wisconsin - 1 hour.  It explains why the other lane is always moving faster (human perception is flawed).  It spends a whole chapter on risk, and concludes that driving is the most dangerous thing most of us will ever do.   Drive safe!

1 comment:

Mom said...

What does it say about driving and talking on the phone or is that out of an engineers control?