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From the latest episode, out tomorrow.
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It's been almost 2 years since the book came out
Since then, I've gotten a lot of feedback on the audiobook version
But I never had much to say about it—other than this cover feeling like cheap knock-off of the real cover—because I had never listened myself
I finally did & have a few thoughts...
The new edition of Street Design by John Massengale & @victordover.bsky.social just showed up...
It is a beast (well over 600 pages) of good information.
This also helped explain why some people were asking me why I use the word "accident" instead of "crash" so often...
The answer is that I only used the word "accident" when quoting somebody who also used that word—which I explain in a footnote
Look Both Ways with David & Wes
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It doesn't much matter in most cases, but there are some chapters it was even hard for me to keep track of what I said & what was a quote when listening to the audiobook
(such as when I feign a conversation between me & the quotes from the source material)
#3: There were, however, many times when I would've emphasized a different word or syllable—esp. to build suspense at the end of chapters
#4: One complaint I got was that he would spell out acronyms like NHTSA instead of referring to it as NIT-sah... but I didn't find that to be big deal whatsoever
Some people may be more than happy to skip over my nonsense
But if you've only listened to the audiobook, at least you now know what you may (or may not) be missing...
#1: It's really weird listening to somebody else read me my first person stories to me (and suffice it to say, I have some first person stories in the book)
#2: Despite a few minor slip ups (like referring to a "slip lane" as as "slip line"), the narrator Stephen R. Thorne does a really good job
#5: What I did find to be more of an issue were the quotes
I use hundreds of them & if you are reading the actual book, it's not that hard to tell when it's me talking versus when it's a quote
