One Split Second: The Distracted Driving Epidemic - How It Kills and How We Can fix It
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| Rating | : | 4.60 (540 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B01CZ0IO00 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 578 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-06-20 |
| Language | : | English |
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. Vijay and Rekha live in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. About the Author VIJAY DIXIT is a management and business process design consultant who has worked in the IT, health insurance, and energy industries. A graduate of the Indian Institute of Technology, he moved to the United States in 1974 to do graduate work in clean technologies and business management. Dixit Memorial Foundation to conduct awareness and education campaigns in the states of Minnesota and Connecticut. After losing their daughter Shreya to a distracted driver in 2007, Vijay and his wife Rekha established the Shreya R. In addition to his advocacy work with the foundation, Vijay drew on his engineering background to pioneer the development of the world’s first Adaptive Ma
ChemNerd said The book “One Split Second” was a collaboration with best selling author Antonia Felix and shows the reader not. n "The book “One Split Second” was a collaboration with best selling author Antonia Felix and shows the reader not" according to ChemNerd. n 2007 Vijay Dixit was expecting his daughter Shreya home from college for break. The driver of the car Shreya was in got distracted, crashing the vehicle. Shreya died at the scence. Knowing that his daughter was the victim of a growing epidemic of distracted driving he took action and created a foundation in her name the Shreya R. Dixit Memorial Foundation. The journey he took with his community, legislators, and law enforcement sets the bar for approaching distracted driving in. 007 Vijay Dixit was expecting his daughter Shreya home from college for break. The driver of the car Shreya was in got distracted, crashing the vehicle. Shreya died at the scence. Knowing that his daughter was the victim of a growing epidemic of distracted driving he took action and created a foundation in her name the Shreya R. Dixit Memorial Foundation. The journey he took with his community, legislators, and law enforcement sets the bar for approaching distracted driving in. Martin Cook said An Inspiration. One Split Second is both inspirational and educational. Mr Dixit's book covers both the emotional and psychological cost of the distracted driving epidemic, as well as the various proposed solutions, in a well informed and emotionally stirring text. The car companies, governments and everyone who drives all share the responsibility to address this issue and this book will help drive the awareness from which the solutions will arise. Very well researched and written and above all . Jacy Good said I could not recommend this book more highly. I could not recommend this book more highly. Vijay does an excellent job sharing his personal journey of senseless loss while also including other stories similar to his family's without ever being too dramatic or depressing. The overview of the scientific evidence behind distracted driving is complex and powerful, but explained in a way which makes it very easy to understand and never boring. Reading this book was very enjoyable, while also being engaging and moving. Citizens of
Dixit Memorial Foundation to conduct awareness and education campaigns in the states of Minnesota and Connecticut. Vijay and Rekha live in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. VIJAY DIXIT is a management and business process design consultant who has worked in the IT, health insurance, and energy industries. In addition to his advocacy work with the foundation, Vijay drew on his engineering background to pioneer the development of the world’s first Adaptive Massive Open Online Cour
One Split Second can help drivers make that best choice. It is a book no driver can live without. . Add phones and other devices to the many types of distraction we already face—from tuning the radio to drinking coffee behind the wheel—and we have a crisis. State patrol officers who deal with crashes every day see the phone as the new “open bottle” in the car that makes drivers impaired and dangerous. But this crisis can be turned back if drivers make the right choice, the safe choice. This book is a one-of-a-kind resource that brings together real-life stories, facts and figures, fascinating research about our behavior behind the wheel, and expert perspectives on how we can end the distraction epidemic. Our addiction to cell phones has made distracted driving a national epidemic