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The US Review of Books (USRB) highly commended “How’s My Driving?: Why Every Other Driver Doesn’t Seem to Have a Clue” by Steve Dziadik

Jonah Meyer of the US Review of Books reviewed and commended the masterpiece written by Steve Dziadik, “How’s My Driving?: Why Every Other Driver Doesn’t Seem to Have a Clue.”

This masterpiece was featured in the July issue of the New York Times Book Review. Current non-fiction and fiction books are reviewed in The New York Times Book Review (NYTBR), a weekly paper magazine supplement to the Sunday edition of The New York Times (an American daily newspaper with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to be a growing 6 million paid digital subscribers). It is one of the most well-known and significant book reviews in the business.

Also, “How’s My Driving?: Why Every Other Driver Doesn’t Seem to Have a Clue” by Steve Dziadik was among the books displayed by Author Reputation Press during the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books 2023 at the University of Southern California on April 22–23, 2023.

The author, Steve Dziadik, has a driving history that includes two life-threatening accidents early on that he and his family were fortunate enough to survive.

For the last 13 years, he has owned and operated a driving school in Florida, teaching defensive driving techniques to thousands of young people as well as older drivers. His life experiences and unique perspective on driving safety have created a combination in him that makes what he says both instructional and interesting.

Visit the author’s website at https://stevedziadik.com/.

Benji Cole of CBS Radio interviewed Steve Dziadik to encourage readers to spread defensive driving awareness. Listen to the full interview at this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkQ6DtuieQs.

The author was also interviewed by Logan Crawford of Spotlight TV to articulate the author’s message for his book. Watch the full interview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggXV_7-rVl0&t=850s.

The most basic goal of “How’s My Driving?” is to remind you of what you already know about driving safely but may have just temporarily forgotten or haven’t used it for a long time.

The owner/operator of a commercial driving school presents an impassioned argument for defensive driving (awareness versus distraction) each and every time the reader gets behind the wheel of any motor vehicle.

Openly discussing incidents in his life and that of his family in which automobile accidents left family members and strangers alike severely injured, Dziadik’s stated hope is that readers might be spared a possible future wreck.

Deftly combining such personal experiences with well-researched and brilliantly rendered specific data points that have proven to lessen incidents of roadway accidents, the author has crafted a master plan with a proactive approach. Ten benchmark items, which he terms “Steve’s Theorems,” are presented and explored in depth.

Here’s an excerpt from the US Review of Books that highlights: 

“Remember, you get no do-overs when driving!” repeats Dziadik throughout, placing a fine point on his detailed arguments. One drives to get from point A to point B safely and intact, in a manner affecting no other drivers (or pedestrians, cyclists) with whom one shares the road, he explains. One does not drive for the sake of cell phone conversations, nor to do one’s makeup, last-minute shaving routine, or to dine while using the steering wheel as a makeshift table. The author pinpoints the primary culprit in nearly all accidents (including so-called “near misses”) as a distraction of one form or another. “The driver is intentionally or subconsciously allowing his or her attention to be diverted away from where it should be,” he writes. As such, mindful driving is front and center throughout.

Dziadik has done a rather remarkable job in combining his vast personal experiences behind the wheel (the good, the bad, and the medically injurious). He has used his decades-long observational study of others on the road—and even appropriately placed bits of humor—to create an informed, well-crafted plea to all who share the road to do so safely and appropriately.”

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