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Roadcraft: The Police Driver's Handbook

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This is a UK publication. It covers driving and nothing but driving. No celebrities, no gloss and no hype.

Advanced police drivers in the UK are among the safest drivers on the road. They spend their day driving, in all weathers, in all traffic conditions at all speeds. Yet their accident rate is amongst the lowest anywhere. The system outlined in this book is what they apply to their driving.

If you only read one book on how to drive make it this book,

If you or your children, friends or family have a drivers license, do them (and all of us) a big favour and buy a few copies of this book. I first read it when I was 18 and would sum it up as "the easiest, quickest, surest, cheapest way to literally double your driving ability and safety virtually overnight".

It is practical, simple and easy to apply. I can't remember the exact figures but what attracted me to the original version was the dramatic reduction in road accidents that the London Metropolitan police experienced after developing this driver training program.

Do yourself and all road users a favour - read it (and then re-read it every so often).

This book functions as what most Americans would consider a Drivers Ed. text book. It is a very good one, but it is specific to the UK (which side of the road is driven on, signs, etc). It goes into much greater detail on the physics of a vehicle in motion then most texts of the sort would do, and does a good job of explaining this material. The book does not have any information relating to high speed or pursuit driving, and states that these are subjects best learned with an instructor. As a general text about driving it's a 5 star book, those looking for information about police driving (as I was) look else where such as Bob Bondurant on Police and Pursuit Driving.