by Tim | Jun 7, 2012 | Uncategorized
The Lifesavers Conference is the annual meeting of the national traffic safety community. This year, it will take place in Orlando from June 14-16. The conference features several “tracks” — seminar series — including on distracted driving...
by Tim | May 26, 2012 | Uncategorized
Readers of this blog know that I got my start in the cause of safer teen driving by serving on a statewide task force here in Connecticut that transformed our teen driving law from one of the nation’s most lenient to one of the strictest. Our changes included...
by Tim | May 21, 2012 | Uncategorized
Last week I attended the Annual Meeting of the National Organizations for Youth Safety, www.noys.org, and picked up the following news items to pass along: First, with regard to federal safe teen driving legislation, recall that in Congress, what was known as the...
by Tim | May 15, 2012 | Uncategorized
I hope the past few blog posts have encouraged you to find a copy of Tom Vanderbilt’s book Traffic. The number of insights it offers into traffic safety is breathtaking. Once again let me spotlight a seemingly simple Vanderbilt observation that, on closer...
by Tim | Apr 30, 2012 | Uncategorized
Continuing with Tom Vanderbilt’s 2009 book Traffic: he observes (p. 160) that “House prices decline measurably as traffic rates and speeds increase,” and “when traffic-calming projects are installed, house prices often rise.” (I may be...
by Tim | Apr 22, 2012 | Uncategorized
Today’s post continues my series drawing upon the book Traffic (2009) by Tom Vanderbilt. One of his many right-on observations is that drivers “measure themselves in tickets and crashes” (p. 64). In driving as in life, we respond to criticism in...
