One Split Second: The Distracted Driving Epidemic - How It Kills and How We Can fix It
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| Rating | : | 4.81 (844 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B01CZ0IO00 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 598 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-09-01 |
| Language | : | English |
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About the Author VIJAY DIXIT is a management and business process design consultant who has worked in the IT, health insurance, and energy industries. 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. . Vijay and Rekha live in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. A graduate of the Indian Institute of Technology, he moved to the United States in 1974 to do gra
It is a book no driver can live without. . 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. One Split Second can help drivers make that best choice. But this crisis can be turned back if drivers make the right choice, the safe choice. 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. 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 perspectiv
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 Massive Open Online Course (aMOOC) for combating distracted driving. Dixit Memorial Foundation to conduct awareness and education campaigns in the states of Minnesota and Connecticut. . VIJAY DIXIT is a management a
The book “One Split Second” was a collaboration with best selling author Antonia Felix and shows the reader not 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 each state and nationally. Th. "An Inspiration" according to Martin Cook. 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 an inspiration to me and I'm s. "I could not recommend this book more highly" according to Jacy Good. 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 every age group can benefit f