Any recommended Advanced Driving books?

[HalfMoon]

After following this forum with interest, I've decided that next year (finances...) I'm definately going to take up some form of AD course, but in the meantime can anyone recommend some good reading material on the subject? Apart from the Highway Code which I already have.

[1950trevorP]

I recommend:- http://drivinghandbook.co.uk/

- makes you think - AND it's free. Bargain!!

[p1esk]

1950trevorP said:

I recommend:- http://drivinghandbook.co.uk/

- makes you think - AND it's free. Bargain!!

Yes, it is splendid stuff; and if my suggestions for minor improvements ever get presented and accepted, it will be better still.

Hello, Trevor.

Best wishes all,
Dave.

[Phisp]

Roadcraft is probably a necessity.

Mind Driving is excellent, very thought provoking.

Ride Drive's tip-offs section contains good advice, imo.

[james_gt3rs]

Thanks for the link to the Driving Handbook - I hadn't seen it before, and it's a really interesting read

[snailpace85]

As well as Roadcraft and Mind Driving, try a DVD. There's a Roadcraft DVD available from Amazon and elsewhere. Also very impressive is the Chris Gilbert DVD which uses commentary driving to make the points - see http://www.driving4tomorrow.com/index.htm

Snailpace

[dom180]

I was passed a well worn copy of A. Tom Topper's Very Advanced Driving cira 1970 - there's lots of really useful stuff in it and it's an entertaining read - I read it before I started learning to drive.

On googling it, I was surprised to see it still in print.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/071602127...

Another good read, if you can find a copy is the Porsche Driving book - written by Martin Beck Burridge and John Lyon - lots on driving as well as Porsches.

[p1esk]

dom180 said:

I was passed a well worn copy of A. Tom Topper's Very Advanced Driving cira 1970 - there's lots of really useful stuff in it and it's an entertaining read - I read it before I started learning to drive.

On googling it, I was surprised to see it still in print.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/071602127...

Yes, I have a copy of Tom's book and I like it, but it is somewhat unconventional, which is fine by me. Some of the mainstream advanced driving gurus pour scorn on it, but Tom's not exactly full of admiration for some of them either! With all of these sources each individual can pick up on the bits he finds helpful, and leave it at that.

Best wishes all,
Dave.

[HalfMoon]

Roadcraft & Mind Driving now ordered from the bookshop.


Thanks for the Don Palmer link - I remember reading through it a while ago but had forgotten about it.