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J. Luke Bennecke

Biography

J. Luke Bennecke is a native Californian and veteran civil engineer who has spent his career helping people by improving Southern California roadways. In addition to his first book, Civil Terror: Gridlock, which became an Amazon Bestseller, Bennecke has written several novels and screenplays, a creative process he thoroughly enjoys. He has a BS in civil engineering from Cal Poly Pomona, an MBA from Cal State San Bernardino, a private pilot's certificate, and is a partner in an engineering firm. In his role as philanthropist, he awards scholarships annually to high school seniors at his alma mater.

Bennecke resides in Southern California with his wife of 30 years, whom he enjoys traveling with, and three spunky cats. In his leisure time, he spends his hours flying, learning about innovative tech, playing golf, and catching up with his grown daughters. Bennecke is a member of International Thriller Writers and looks forward to attending ThrillerFest each year in New York.

Smashwords Interview

How did you come up with this book idea?
Driving on I-210 in Pasadena – stopped traffic. Why are we as a society still tolerating traffic congestion? Did some research - $160B lost economic productivity annually. 30k-40k people are killed every year on the highways of our great nation.

Unnacceptable.

Wanted to generate awareness of these two important issues. But nobody wants to read a thesis about how to solve these problems, so I wrote a fast-paced thriller with the self-driving message at the core.
Seems like there have been several recent incidents involving self-driving cars. Is this trend going to continue?
I sure hope not! 75% of Americans don’t feel comfortable getting into a self-driving car. Feel it’s not safe. That’s a huge social hurdle to overcome. Having these accidents every few weeks is unfortunately heading us backwards. I think we need to sit down with the best minds in the country: sociologists, psychologists, philosophers, financial whizzes, engineers – civil, mechanical, electrical, computer – legal experts and hash out a strategy with goals, timelines, etc. Just like Kennedy did in the early 1960’s – put a man on the moon by the end of the decade. We can do this, but we need to do it the right way.
Read more of this interview.

Where to find J. Luke Bennecke online

Website: https://www.jlukebennecke.com/
Twitter: @jlukebennecke
Facebook: Facebook profile
LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/bennecke

Where to buy in print

https://www.amazon.com/dp/0965771520/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_BjWACbJKRC089

Videos

The Future of Self-Driving Cars - Author J. Luke Bennecke
Veteran civil engineer J. Luke Bennecke is interviewed on KTLA, the most-watched morning show in Los Angeles.

Series

Civil Terror Series by
Civil Engineer Dr. Jake Bendel is forced into the FBI world of terrorism, espionage, and betrayal, using his engineering mind to save American lives.
Civil Terror: Gridlock
Price: $2.99 USD.

Books

Civil Terror: Gridlock by
Series: Civil Terror Series. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 114,700. Language: English. Published: February 18, 2019 . Categories: Fiction » Thriller & suspense » General, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense
An engineer implements a national self-driving car network, but terrorists weaponize the system, forcing the engineer to partner with a rogue FBI agent to stop a mad man from killing millions.

J. Luke Bennecke's tag cloud

action packed thriller    artificial intelligence fiction    dark thriller    engineer thriller    scary suspense novels    self driving cars    suspense thrillers    terrorism fiction    terrorism thrillers    thriller novel