Product Description

Paul Ripley is recognized as Britain's premier driving expert. His features in "Saturday's Motoring Telegraph" have delighted fans for over a decade: first came his driving safety articles; then his picture quizzes, 'Dangerous Moments'; and, more recently, answers to readers' letters in 'Ask Ripley'. Peter Amey is a former chief instructor and examiner to the South Eastern Regional Police Driving School and a champion of improving police and public driving standards. Together the authors demonstrate the differences between the driving standards you already achieve and expert driving to which they believe we must all aspire. Above all, they show you how to think at the wheel and generate continuing enthusiasm for striving towards that holy grail - driving perfection. The book will: challenge your attitudes; focus your driving to be more self aware; prime your observation, planning and vehicle control; and, introduce you to new skills. Peter Hall, Motoring Editor, "The Daily Telegraph": 'How do we banish death and injury from the roads while promoting the joy of driving? Ask Paul Ripley, also known as God's Chauffeur. Every road user should be forced to read this book'.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #233963 in Books
• Published on: 2002-11-05
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 192 pages

Customer Reviews

A well written book for anyone keen to improve their driving
Every day in the UK, 10 people loose their lives on the roads. The Transport Research Laboritory statistics tell us that 95% of these accidents are caused by driver error. It therefore makes sense to drive in such a way as to aim to avoid making the mistakes that cause accidents. This well written book will help any driver to do this by making them more aware of the hazards that drivers face every time they drive. The most important aspect of safe driving is driver attitude and this subject is dealt with in depth. The book contains information and contact details about further driving tuition which is a good thing to include as the reader may feel inspired enough to take their driving to the next level after reading this book.
This book would make a good companion to Roadcraft the Police Drivers manual.
Just one gripe - why was it that, in the list of contacts, the Institute of Advanced Motorists was present but the RoSPA Advanced Drivers Association was not mentioned. Both organisations are well run and do an excellent job so both should have been included.

Out of Date Now
Sorry, but this is increasingly out of date now. The world has moved on from believing that EXPERT driving on public roads should be centred on physical car control. Even the L-test, which has the same focus, is rightly being seen as having the wrong view of safety. "Eyes and brain" ability is what drivers need to improve - it's all in the head. This book needs a significant update to include this.

Nothing Special
This book harps on about defensive driving alot of the time, which was so boring as it taught me nothing extra as I read the DSA Driving the Essential Skills. This book was more useful to me as a novice come amateur.

The book however did have some useful chapters on advanced skills, although I feel the book could have been more explanatory than it was. These skills were only a small part of the book and personally I wouldn't recommend to buy this book. Check it out at you local library first!