The Senior Driver's Guidebook: How To Keep Driving Longer And Survive In The 21st Century [Paperback]

Ken D. Smith (Author), Matthew J. Key (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 26, 1999

This easy to follow and easy to understand book, addresses senior driver issues, provide solutions and framework for eliminating bad habits, and aids in developing improved skills needed to cope in today's dangerous and changing environment. This publication can also assist all drivers.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"The Senior Driver's Guidebook is a valuable tool for anyone interested in becoming a better and safer driver. When I completed reading the guidebook I was amazed at how much I had personally learned. It comes as no surprise to me that Ken Smith has created this easy to understand guide to better driving." -- Jean Hanson, Manager, Quality & Risk, Allina Health Systems

"The Senior Driver's Guidebook is very well done...easy to understand and should be of use to senior drivers as well as to all drivers." -- Richard J. Morel, President and Training Consultant, R. J. Morel & Associates

"The guide defines defensive driving and offer tips how to do it safely and effectively". -- Stillwater Evening Gazette Newspaper March 19, 1999

"The statistics in this book should make safer drivers out of all who take the time to read the material." -- Mike Mahoney, Publisher, Stillwater Evening Gazette Newspaper

The guide defines defensive driving and offers tips how to do it safely and Effectively. --Stillwater Evening Gazette Newspaper, March 10, 1999

"Senior Drivers get helpevaluating if it's time to hang up keys." --Heather Johnson - Saint Paul Pioneer Press Newspaper

"While crash related injuries are the leading cause of accidental death for drivers 65-75, Ken's practical suggestions will make our highways safer for everyone." --Radio-TV Interview Report

From the Publisher

Ken D. Smith is a driver safety specialist with over 30 years experience in driver safety. He has developed and coordinated many driver safety programs and authored numerous driver safety manuals, handbooks and articles. This book will be your ready reference on driving safely on today's dangerous roadways. Written especially for senior drivers, you will refer this guide to your friends so they, too, can join you in feeling confidant about driving!

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Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Five Star Publishing (MN); First edition (July 26, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0961799617
• ISBN-13: 978-0961799618
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.3 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,069,194 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Senior Driver's Guidebook: How To Keep Driving Longer . . ., May 23, 2000

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This review is from: The Senior Driver's Guidebook: How To Keep Driving Longer And Survive In The 21st Century (Paperback)

I read the Senior Driver's Guidebook with interest, as one who deals with rush-hour traffic on a daily basis. I appreciated receiving the benefit of the author's years of experience as both a driver's license examiner & working with the Dept. of Transportation. I learned many tips and ideas to make driving easier and safer as our state's freeways become less safe. The author emphasizes defensive driving throughout the book, and then tells us how we can accomplish that in various situations that arise. I liked the format, because I could read a chapter or two and put it down until I had more time to digest more information. I also liked the little tests at the end of each chapter. I would recommend this book for anyone who drives today's crazy roads and freeways.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A wise and thoughtful gift for an elderly parent, September 7, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: The Senior Driver's Guidebook: How To Keep Driving Longer And Survive In The 21st Century (Paperback)

My father has become a danger on the road. It's not something he likes to be reminded of, naturally. Yet he's had some near misses. As important as driving is to a sense of independence, particularly for those getting on in age, it's not realistic to expect an elderly parent to hang up the car keys.

I ran across this book and gave it to my father as a gift, hoping it might help (and not offend him!) He was thrilled! The book is very easy to follow, helps identify and deal with bad driving habits, and gives lots of good tips on driving safely and defensively on busy roads and highways. I'm not sure my father drives *that* much better, but he's a lot more confident while driving, and that certainly makes him safer on the road. He has lent his copy to several friends -- a sure sign that he liked the gift. I feel that if he only learned one or two safe-driving tips, the book would have been worth every penny. He's learned more than that -- things younger drivers have to learn when they take their driver's test (which he never did). Not having read the whole book myself, but judging from its success with my father and his friends, I recommend the book highly. A wise and thoughtful gift to a senior you love.

1 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars The Senior Driver's Guidebook, November 23, 1999

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Norman Meyers (Sunnyvale, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Senior Driver's Guidebook: How To Keep Driving Longer And Survive In The 21st Century (Paperback)

According to his biography, the author is an expert on traffic accident records. He is not qualified to write a driving or drivers manual for senior drivers simply because he has become a senior driver. Of the 108 pages, 35 are devoted to the title's subject. The rest of the pages are filler. The writing is unclear and inane. "Being inattentive to the possibilities of a collision with a train is a sad way to end a nice quiet ride in the country." Do tell. The structure of the book leads the reader into mazes and blind alleys. The best part of the book is the bibliography and the five pages of State vehicle department addresses. My $25 could have been much better spent.