Rumble Strip

This is a must read book for anyone who drives a car, or is a pedestrian. So everyone basically. Thought provoking and beautifully illustrated, it's the sort of book that gives graphic novels a good name, though it is not a story, but more a philosophical treatise.This is the second copy I have ordered from Amazon, and unfortunately it has the same problem as the first, in that the glue binding has failed. Such a book deserves a decent hardcover, so a word to the publisher- get it done.

I cannot begin to express how fantastic this book is, especially for anyone who has ever experienced a car accident. It sends across a clear message of how we as a civilization have become selectively blind about cars and how dangerous they can be. Cars are advertised as luxury vehicles, as symbols of freedom or social status, but few people think of them as large pieces of machinery that can cause serious harm and/or death. The comic book format helps the quick pace of the book, but the simplicity of the drawings is what makes the book readable the whole way through. Extremely graphic drawings would definitely distract from the message, as they would contain realistic bloody carnage, and would only make me want to put the book down. The drawings give the reader a sense of isolation and emptiness. The author does not include any drawings of humans, as they would allow the reader to detach himself from the book and ignore the truth.The writing is fresh, witty, and accessible. The author does a good job of representing the points-of-view of the driver and the pedestrian. He allows us to see into the psychology of most drivers and how this reasoning leads to unfortunate, but preventable, accidents.

A stark, shocking manifesto that makes you re-think our familiar but oh! so dangerous surroundings: traffic.The artwork is chilling and effective, bringing the message home: Cars rule and kill. Roads are their property.The text is rhetorical, builds the tension, makes you turn the page for more of the eye-opening argument.This is a weird, but sane philosophical treatise: an exciting graphic non-fiction work by an incisive and artistic mind.Read it!I recommend the book to everybody, regardless of age and mindset: Driving will never be the same again ... My friends were captivated."If you had the time, you could go anywhere.Anywhere a road can go."

Rumble strip tells a very human story about car cultures' disregard for humans. With stark and vivid artwork that pulls you in slowly, this is a winner.Great read.

Beautiful. Thoughtful.This book should replace The Highway Code as compulsory reading for anyone who drives a car.