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Driving Lessons. Exploring systems that make traffic safer.

Edited by J P Rothe. (Pp 343.) University of Alberta Press, Edmonton, 2002. ISBN 0-88864- 370-5.

RACWA Research Fellow, Injury Research Centre, University of Western Australia; cadams@dph.uwa.edu.au

Keywords: Rothe JP; editor Driving lessons. Exploring systems that make traffic safer

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This book arose from the multidisciplinary "Mission Possible Traffic-Safety Conference, Traffic Safety Summit '98". The aim of the conference was to challenge traditional thinking and roles in traffic safety and the book is intended to continue this process. This is not just another collection of submitted papers presented at a conference, but rather invited articles on relevant, creative, and non-traditional topics written specifically for the book and designed to continue the discussion and debate that started at the conference.

The 20 chapters are divided into three parts covering the personal, institutional, and technical aspects of driving. Each chapter is written by a different expert, most authors are Canadian and a couple are from the USA. Each chapter underwent critical peer review.

The introductory chapter is on cybernetics, a topic I am not familiar with. Nevertheless, the framework and application to traffic safety was clear and I found it useful. Chapters . . . [Full text of this article]