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Carjacked: The Culture of the Automobile and Its Effect on Our Lives

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Very interesting examination of the car culture

By Jason Stokes - March 15, 2010

I particularly enjoyed this book's layout of our American car culture - from the dreaminess of the 16 year old with their first keys, through the marketing process as buyer and seller, and ultimately, why the car culture has it's challenges, it was an entertaining read. I do admit, however, that it's very one sided - it's largely anti-car, as can be expected from the title, but not violently or disruptively so.

Particularly challenging for me were two chapters - one outlining how difficult it is for the working poor with very little money to have a car, and the challenges that come with being carless in a world built for automobiles, and the other chapter outlining the damage that cars do to lives and property in "accidents." Cars may be safer now than 30 years ago, but since we drive them more, and are more careless while doing so, driving a car remains the most risky thing most of us do any day.

In all, a very well reasoned and well put forward argument about... read more

Read chapter 9, "Full Metal Jacket," more than once

By J. L LaRegina "Jim LaRegina" - April 9, 2010

Since before I obtained a driver's license, let alone owned a car, I dreaded the idea of driving. It might have just been my personality - or had I realized the crazy-danger of automobile travel even if nothing articulated that thought as well as the book CARJACKED: THE CULTURE OF THE AUTOMOBILE & ITS EFFECT ON OUR LIVES, does? As a boy I was a passenger when accidents happened once with my mother driving and twice with my brother behind the wheel, though none caused injury. An even narrower escape came one time my father was driving, when an out-of-control car sped across the street, missing us by maybe five feet, crashing into a storefront. And I can remember that by time I started driving, three children who attended my school died in car wrecks and the families of three other kids I knew lost their parents to automobile accidents. All of that may have been in the back of my mind when I decided cars had no appeal to me, as I did not desire luxury or sports autos and certainly... read more

Thorough, thoughtful study

By Boston fan - January 24, 2010

This book is a well-researched and thoughtful examination of a an aspect of our lives that we, as a society, have embraced. The authors allow us to take a close look at the multi-faceted effects that cars have on our lives, both individually and collectively. Engaging, entertaining and intelligent.

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