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Systems Thinking Behind the Wheel: A New Way of Seeing Every Drive

Systems Thinking Behind the Wheel: A New Way of Seeing Every Drive


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You've driven the same intersection a thousand times. Nothing has ever gone wrong.

That's not proof of safety. That's a system you've never actually tested.

Systems Thinking Behind the Wheel applies ideas from two of the most influential thinkers of our time - Daniel Kahneman and Nassim Taleb - to the one activity most of us do every day without ever really thinking about.

Kahneman showed us that most decisions happen automatically, below conscious awareness. On the road, that's mostly fine. The problem is not knowing when to switch modes - and the three biases that keep you in the wrong one.

Taleb showed us that some systems look safe right up until they catastrophically fail. Tailgating. Rolling right-on-red while looking left. Checking your phone. These aren't just bad habits. They are fragile habits - reinforced precisely because they haven't broken yet.

This book doesn't teach you the rules of the road. It teaches you how to think inside the system.

You'll learn:

  • Why delayed feedback is where dangerous habits are born - and how to catch them before they catch you
  • How to read the road as a live system of agents, blind spots, and nonlinear risk
  • Why the driver who avoids challenge isn't cautious - they're just fragile in a different way
  • How to build driving habits that get stronger from variability, not just older

What's inside:

  • The Road as a System
  • Mental Models for Safe Driving
  • Heuristics for Everyday Driving
  • Feedback Loops and Delays
  • Pedestrians as Active Agents
  • Via Negativa on the Road
  • The Barbell Strategy for Driver Training

Short chapters. Practical sidebars and worksheet templates. No jargon. No rants. Every idea connects directly to your next drive.

This isn't a book about other drivers. Every habit examined here is one most drivers will recognise in their own rearview mirror.

For new drivers building their first habits. For experienced drivers who have never examined the ones they already have.

Stop driving by feel. Start driving by design.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9798198497801
  • Publisher: Independently Published
  • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 82
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: A New Way of Seeing Every Drive
  • Width: 152 mm
  • ISBN-10: 8198497803
  • Publisher Date: 14 Jun 2026
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 4 mm
  • Weight: 172 gr


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