{"product_id":"moving-violations-lee-vinsel-9781421429656","title":"Moving Violations: Automobiles, Experts, and Regulations in the United States","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first comprehensive history of auto regulation in the United States.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRegulation has shaped the evolution of the automobile from the beginning. In \u003ci\u003eMoving Violations\u003c\/i\u003e, Lee Vinsel shows that, contrary to popular opinion, these restrictions have not hindered technological change. Rather, by drawing together communities of scientific and technical experts, auto regulations have actually fostered innovation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVinsel tracks the history of American auto regulation from the era of horseless carriages and the first, faltering efforts to establish speed limits in cities to recent experiments with self-driving cars. He examines how the government has tried to address car-related problems, from accidents to air pollution, and demonstrates that automotive safety, emissions, and fuel economy have all improved massively over time. Touching on fuel economy standards, the rise of traffic laws, the birth of drivers' education classes, and the science of distraction, he also describes how the government's changing activities have reshaped the automobile and its drivers, as well as the country's entire system of roadways and supporting technologies, including traffic lights and gas pumps. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMoving Violations\u003c\/i\u003e examines how policymakers, elected officials, consumer advocates, environmentalists, and other interested parties wrestled to control the negative aspects of American car culture while attempting to preserve what they saw as its positive contributions to society. Written in a clear, approachable, and jargon-free voice, \u003ci\u003eMoving Violations\u003c\/i\u003e will appeal to makers and analysts of policy, historians of science, technology, business, and the environment, and any readers interested in the history of cars and government.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lee Vinsel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1421429659\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781421429656\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/16\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 424\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.20w x 1.20d","brand":"Lee Vinsel","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47930780909823,"sku":"9781421429656","price":67.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6918f1da-6bc9-4b90-9772-bd7a23a27c03.jpg?v=1766344223","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/moving-violations-lee-vinsel-9781421429656","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}