Don't Drive Like This: Reduce aggressive driving with humor, story-rich visuals, and discussion prompts - Softcover

Dietz, Gary M

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798218733438

Publisher: Gd-Insights, LLC, 2025

Synopsis

Don't Drive Like This helps both new and experienced drivers recognize, reduce, and avoid aggressive and distracted driving. It's not a driver manual. It's a companion to content and methods you already use. Or it's a gift for those who need a friendly "reminder" (ahem) to reduce aggressive driving.

In this paperback, the always-angry (and unsafe) Ashford and Ashley show us what NOT to do when it comes to aggressive, distracted, and impaired driving. The content tackles tough issues with a wink, a laugh, and a whole lot of learning science.

It isn't a curriculum. Instead, DDLT supplements existing formal materials and methods. 

By engaging visually, with humor, and challenging conversation prompts, we learn safer & calmer driving habits. Inside this volume you'll find:

• 43 original, story-rich illustrations and humorous limericks

• Hundreds of conversation prompts to spark discussion & critical thinking

• Explorations of aggressive driving root causes & avoidance techniques

This collection is designed to:

• Boost retention: Visuals & conversation prompts to better ingrain good habits

• Reach all learners: Support visual, social, and reflective learning styles

• Inspire change: Provoke discussion and action that makes people think-and act

Fostering connection is key: Parent-driver student conversations, student peer discussions, and instructor-led discussions create engagement and improve retention.

Stories teach:  Students love real-world stories. The story-based illustrations offer engaging opportunities for learning and retention. Use visual stories to energize and captivate.

Perfect for driver education classrooms, family discussions, or individual reflection. Don't Drive Like This creates lasting experiences one lesson and one laugh at a time.

About this title

About the Authors

Gary Dietz is an educational technology product marketing veteran. He is the author of the collection "Dads of Disability" and is an education and training entrepreneur. His latest project, dontdrivelikethis.com is for students, parents, and driver instructors to help reduce the scourge of aggressive driving and road rage through story-rich illustration, humor, and discussion prompts. He is a long-time New Hampshire, United States resident.

Camila Torre Notari was born in 1987 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She is a graphic designer, comic artist, and illustrator. She has edited more than thirty fanzines. She participated in major comic anthologies such as Informe (EMR, 2015), DisTinta (Sudamericana, 2017), and Morir a los 27 (Loco Rabia, 2019). Her first book as a complete author is El tiburón diablo (Burlesque, 2013), and with Maten al Mensajero, she published El ángel negro (2018), Gira de pizzerías (2019), El año en que conocí a Naritzutis (2021), and Domingo a la tarde (2024). She was part of the organization of the Viñetas Sueltas and Comicópolis international comic festivals. She also coordinated exhibitions, workshops, and fairs at La Casa de Viñetas Sueltas. In 2024, she was selected for an artistic residency at La Maison des Auteurs in Angoulême, France.

Edition details

• Publisher: Gd-Insights, LLC
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798218733438
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Torre Notari Camila
• Number of pages: 142