The Official Dsa Guide to Driving: The Essential Skills.

by Driving Standards Agency

Whether you're a new driver or an experienced motorist, this official DSA guide will help you to acquire and maintain the skills necessary to keep you safe on the road.

388 pages, Paperback

First published August 20, 2001

About the author

We improve road safety in Great Britain by setting standards for driving and motorcycling, and for the education and training of drivers and riders. We also carry out theory and practical driving and riding tests. We will merge with the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency into a single agency in 2014.

Reviews

[Gilgamesh · Rating 2 out of 5]

So this book was informative, but at times the voice felt very instructional, very "let me teach you". I felt the plot was also lacklustre, there really wasn't much forward motion in the narrative, and I felt the writer was trying very hard to push an agenda. The writer is obviously very passionate about safe driving and I get it, but they could have utilised more "show" and less "tell". I enjoyed some the photos and artworks accompanying the text, and felt they added a new dimension to the story. But overall the characters were very one dimensional. Almost all had, as their primary goal, a desire to drive safely and were all very attentive about road conditions. That's fine, but that also meant the story lacked a strong antagonist or villain- such as a drunk or reckless driver who doesn't give a damn about road safety. That may have added some tension to the cast of vanilla do-gooders this book was populated with.

[Michal Paszkiewicz · Rating 3 out of 5]

An easy read that is full of pointers and advice for how to drive safely. I was surprised at the amount of references that the book lacked - sure, it wasn't supposed to be a copy of the highway code, but why couldn't it at least state what the national speed limit is, instead of referring to "the national speed limit" all the time. Stating these sorts of facts would have taken up very little space but would have stopped me getting frustrated due to my OCD.

[David · Rating 4 out of 5]

interesting

[Sophie]

This was very informative and useful although it was a bit repetitive.