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Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do and What It Says About Us
by Tom Vanderbilt
I liked the idea of learning about culture through traffic -- and this book just falls a bit short on credibility when there's so much promise....it seems the author just isn't that familiar with traffic except in America and the Netherlands (?)....his writing about China or India sadly just repeats cliches and hearsay rumors.
I suppose a whole book on this in retrospect is a bit overkill considering it doesn't quite live up to its promise. But like all these statistics / pseudo-sociology books I read, there's a lot of overlap. I think [b:Critical Mass|2956|The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn|Mark Twain|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1161831948s/2956.jpg|1835605] has a decent mini-chapter on traffic patterns and uses many of the same stories / examples.
I suppose a whole book on this in retrospect is a bit overkill considering it doesn't quite live up to its promise. But like all these statistics / pseudo-sociology books I read, there's a lot of overlap. I think [b:Critical Mass|2956|The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn|Mark Twain|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1161831948s/2956.jpg|1835605] has a decent mini-chapter on traffic patterns and uses many of the same stories / examples.