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From the Reviews 1. It is truly an enjoyable and easy book to read. Evans has included some great stories and has made extensive use of tables and graphs to illustrate data and concepts. ( Choice -- American Library Association - ALA ) 2. A
variety of audiences will enjoy this book. Researchers
and policymakers will find a clear and detailed summary of
current knowledge. Drivers will learn several tips for being
safer on the road. Evans' work covers in remarkable detail
the full range of important topics in traffic safety . . .
but his chapter The Dramatic Failure of U.S. Safety
Policy is the showstopper. ( Journal of the American
Medical Association, JAMA) ( html ,
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3. This
book is well written, unexpectedly humorous in places, and
highly instructive. Evans makes an excellent case for giving
this topic more attention and for exploring creative and
effective public health and legislative interventions. ( American Journal of
Preventive Medicine)
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4. Dr.
Evans’s style is unique and often light-hearted. Far
from offering dry analysis, he writes clearly and concisely,
often offering bits of his British humor. He proves that he
can argue and present a case just as compellingly as a
polished trial lawyer. ( Santa Clara Law Review)
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5. Its logical arguments and
readability are suited to a wide audience of regulators,
business leaders, and new scholars. (
Ergonomics
in Design PDF
6. Highly
readable, entertaining, and educational volume on the
scientific evidence regarding road safety interventions.
Evans is at his best explaining counterintuitive
results. Evans's book dismisses much of the folklore
very effectively, and this is its most important
contribution. ( British Medical Journal, BMJ)
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7. Well written and easy to understand. -- insightful and thought provoking. It is an excellent reference for all road safety professionals and should be a recommended reading for any engineering or epidemiology related road safety course. ( Transportation Research Forum) 8. After reviewing and using his 1991 classic, Traffic
Safety and the Driver - always within eye reach,
I asked myself “What can Leonard Evans do for an encore?” The encore is even
better than the original.
( Israel Medical Association Journal) ( html , PDF 9. If you want to understand why enforcing the traffic safety laws will save lives then read Traffic Safety. Evans is a brilliant scientist whose work deserves to be read. ( The Lancet ) 10.
Traffic
Safety is a useful resource for anyone working or
researching in this area, and it will undoubtedly be a
well-thumbed volume on my bookshelf. Appreciated the clarity
of expression that his approach offers. (Ergonomics) ( html , PDF 11. Leonard Evans is one of my heroes, one of the global Gods of Road Safety. (adiNEWS) 12. Traffic
Safety is the work of one man. That gives it a
unity of style and thoughtfulness. Readers who can
handle English will meet the field of traffic safety through
the viewpoint of a top expert (translated from the
Finnish).
( Liikennek
- Finnish scientific and professional
quarterly-- in Finish
PDF 13.
This
book is international in scope with information from 49 countries. ( Intelligent Transportation
Systems, IEEE ITS Society Newsletter PDF 14. Evans bases his conclusions on a thorough statistical analysis of the safety effects and costs/benefits of technical safety measures like airbags, which he discusses very critically. ( International Traffic Medicine Association ) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **UNUSUAL ITEM** Review of talk based on contents of Chapter 15 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 Customer Reviews on Amazon.com -
Average Customer
Review: Samples from Amazon.com reviews from distinguished safety professionals: This wonderful book--always by my side-- is essential reading for those who want to know what to do about the US's dismal failure to reduce its road death toll. Elihu D Richter (Amazon.com) The expert that the experts go to. This is one truly wonderful book by one of the world's safety pioneers, and one of the most brilliant minds in traffic safety today. Mark L. Rosenberg (Amazon.com) My field of expertise is driver performance and traffic safety, and as a specialist in this field I can strongly recommend this excellent book. Richard A. Young (Amazon.com) An excellent book that should be read by all road safety professionals. Richard Tay (Amazon.com) Dr. Evans lucidly draws and thoroughly supports some very cogent and important conclusions. Daniel Stern (Amazon.com) His ways of turning problems inside out and examining real causes while identifying confounders helps turn even the casual reader into something of an expert in traffic safety. Michael D. Freeman (Amazon.com) Whether you are a traffic safety researcher, professional or advocate, Leonard Evans' new book on the subject is essential reading. David B. Brown (Amazon.com) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The chapter on alcohol
includes discussions of the role of alcohol in increasing
crash risk and the range of policy approaches available to
deal with the impaired driving problem (ICADTS
REPORTER - Newsletter of the International Council on
Alcohol, Drugs and Traffic Safety) ( html
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