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Very Advanced Driving
Very Advanced Driving (Paperfronts S.) Topper, A.Tom
192 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2000
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July 30, 2025
I bought this the year after passing my driving test, while preparing to pass the advanced driving test with the IAM. Passed both first time, BTW.
Personally, think this book is brilliant, with some great nuggets of advice that have helped keep me alive 40 years, 8 countries and hundreds of thousands of miles later, in all weather conditions.
It is not a typical British Nanny State patronising guide book but a pragmatic approach to being a responsible, situation and vehicle aware driver - ready to adapt to changing real world conditions, in what ever way necessary to avoid incident and injury.
If you view a car as a mobile living room and drive mostly detached from enagement with the road and road users around you, maybe it is time to turn the music/phone down or off and start paying attention to what is going on.
When accidents happen, many people say "There was nothing I could do." Maybe there could have been, if more attention was paid and impending danger identified as such. Speed doesn't kill, stupidity and poor awareness do. In Germany have many times driven at 150mph - speeds that in the UK I'd be put in prison for - without the slightest issue, except for a bit of a headache from concentrating so hard, looking near, far and very far. If you're a keen-driver petrol head, this is definitely a book for you.
Personally, think this book is brilliant, with some great nuggets of advice that have helped keep me alive 40 years, 8 countries and hundreds of thousands of miles later, in all weather conditions.
It is not a typical British Nanny State patronising guide book but a pragmatic approach to being a responsible, situation and vehicle aware driver - ready to adapt to changing real world conditions, in what ever way necessary to avoid incident and injury.
If you view a car as a mobile living room and drive mostly detached from enagement with the road and road users around you, maybe it is time to turn the music/phone down or off and start paying attention to what is going on.
When accidents happen, many people say "There was nothing I could do." Maybe there could have been, if more attention was paid and impending danger identified as such. Speed doesn't kill, stupidity and poor awareness do. In Germany have many times driven at 150mph - speeds that in the UK I'd be put in prison for - without the slightest issue, except for a bit of a headache from concentrating so hard, looking near, far and very far. If you're a keen-driver petrol head, this is definitely a book for you.
April 1, 2014
Short, sharp and very much to the point this is an essential book for the aspiring advanced driver. Advanced technical skills, such as heel and toe driving, the art of reading the road, and the importance of integrating these skills are clearly explained by relating the experiences of drivers.
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