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30 Minutes ... Before Your Driving Testby Edward Baker; Peter Dore
Kogan Page 1998; US$ 3.95Are you worried about taking your first driving test? Do you feel so nervous that you can't concentrate on what you have learnt? Taking your driving test can be a nerve-racking business - but it needn't be that bad. This practical guide will help you overcome your fears. It provides hints on the measures you can take, and attitudes that you can adopt to tip the odds of passing in your favour. more...
Driving Test Tipsby Stewart Ferris
Summersdale Publishers Ltd. 2004; US$ 2.50With tips from instructors and new drivers alike for both before and during the exam, this littlebook is jam-packed with helpful advice to make sure that you feel in fine form for the open road and that you lose your L-plates and not your cool. more...
Driving With Confidenceby E Peli; D Peli
World Scientific 2002; US$ 36.40Millions of people, in the US and other parts of the world, face the grim prospect of losing their driving privileges, their mobility, and to a great extent their freedom, due to a deterioration in their eyesight or a disabling eye disease. Driving with Confidence is an empowering tool. Its message is simple: In many cases, people with low vision can and do receive, retain and safely exercise their driving privileges. more...
Traffic and Transport Psychologyby Geoffrey Underwood
Elsevier 2005; US$ 240.00Just as our transport systems become more and more important to our economic and social well-being, so they become more and more crowded and more at risk from congestion, disruption, and collapse. Technology and engineering can provide part of the solution, but the complete solution will need to take account of the behaviour of the users of the transport networks. The role of psychologists in this is to understand how people make decisions about the alternative modes of transport and about the alternative routes to their destinations, to understand how novice and other vulnerable users can develop safe and effective behaviours, how competent users can operate within the transport system optimally and within their perceptual and cognitive... more...
Crashproof Your Kidsby Timothy C. Smith
Simon & Schuster 2006; US$ 11.99BEFORE YOU EVEN THINK ABOUT HANDING YOUR TEENS THE CAR KEYS, DO EVERYONE A BIG FAVOR: CRASHPROOF THEM! Every year, six million sons and daughters will become first-time drivers. Fifty-eight percent of them will be involved in a car accident within a year of getting their license, and a significant portion of these crashes will be fatal. But here's the good news: research has shown that car crashes can be reduced by up to 30 percent when you, the parent, are actively involved in your teen's instruction and set certain limits. In Crashproof Your Kids, certified driving instructor and dad Timothy Smith has combined the collective wisdom of numerous experts to develop the Crashproof Plan: a series of behind-the-wheel exercises... more...
The Professional LGV Driver's Handbookby David Lowe
Kogan Page 2008; US$ 48.92From 2009 all LGV drivers will need to acquire the new EU driver CPC in addition to a LGV driver licence. This book is the ultimate LGV training manual for any professional driver or transport manager, as it covers all areas a driver will need to know and understand in order to gain the licences necessary to drive a LGV vehicle. Not only does the book deliver the essential information to ensure drivers gain these licences, but it also provides a complete guide to driving safely, professionally a more...
J. J. Keller's Tractor-Trailer Driver Training Manualby J. J. Keller
J. J. Keller & Associates, Inc. 2008; US$ 41.99Written by an experienced transportation professional and former driver training instructor, this 2nd Edition Manual teaches the basics of safe driving techniques for tractor-trailer rigs and provides up-to-date regulatory information. The manual also helps you meet FMCSA's entry-level driver training requirements. It covers all four areas - driver qualification, hours of service, driver wellness, and whistleblower protection - that new drivers need to be trained on. The manual also covers impor more...
The Handbook of Road Safety Measuresby Rune Elvik; Truls Vaa; Alena Erke
Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009; US$ 211.99The second edition of the "Handbook of Road Safety Measures" (previously published in 2004) gives state-of-the-art summaries of current knowledge regarding the effects of 128 road safety measures. It covers all areas of road safety including: traffic control; vehicle inspection; driver training; publicity campaigns; police enforcement; and, general policy instruments. With many original chapters revised and several new ones added, extra topics covered in this edition include: post-accident care; DUI legislation and enforcement; environmental zones; and speed cameras. more...
The Driving Instructor's Handbookby John Miller
Kogan Page 2009; US$ 49.95The Driving Instructor's Handbook is widely recognized in the British driver training industry as the authoritative reference guide for trainee and qualified instructors. This best-selling handbook covers every aspect of the profession, from the role and the characteristics needed to do the job well, preparation for the three ADI examination requirements (Theory and hazard perception, Driving ability and Instructional ability), through to the driving test, business skills and customer care, and driving larger vehicles. Up to date with the latest information relating to the ever-changing driving industry, The Driving Instructor's Handbook is important reading for anyone involved in the training of new drivers and driving instructors.... more...
Learn to Driveby John Wells
Kogan Page 2009; US$ 29.95Learn to Drive will help learner drivers prepare for both the practical and theory tests. Packed with practice questions, full colour illustrations and relevant sections of the Highway Code, it is essential reading for every learner driver. more...









