Learning to drive a heavy goods vehicle or passenger carrying vehicle is a great opportunity, which will bring you added responsibility. Whether you’ll be carrying goods or passengers, a comprehensive knowledge of driving and road safety is essential, and passing the theory test is an important step towards becoming a professional driver. The knowledge and understanding that you’ve acquired should then be put into practice on the road. When you drive a large vehicle, you should demonstrate...

The Highway Code applies to England, Scotland and Wales. The Highway Code is essential reading for everyone. The aim of The Highway Code is to promote safety on the road, whilst also supporting a healthy, sustainable and efficient transport system. Many of the rules in the Code are legal requirements, and if you disobey these rules you are committing a criminal offence. You may be fined, given penalty points on your licence or be disqualified from driving. In the most serious cases you may...

The Highway Code is your definitive guide to road safety and responsible driving in the United Kingdom. This audiobook is based on the latest official version of the Code as of 2024, which is published by the Department for Transport and the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency.A must-read for learner drivers and experienced drivers alike, as well as cyclists, motorcyclists, pedestrians and horse riders.Covers all the latest updates to the Code, including: the recently empha...

This publication gives the detailed professional guidance that you need to be able to drive buses and coaches safely. As the driver of a vehicle carrying passengers, you’ll be responsible for their safety. Whether you drive a minibus with 8 passengers or a double-deck coach with 88, each one is relying on you to get them to their destination safely. The starting point for a professional driver is having the correct attitude and approach to driving, together with a sound knowledge of safe, ...

The Highway Code applies to England, Scotland and Wales. The Highway Code is essential reading for everyone. The aim of The Highway Code is to promote safety on the road, whilst also supporting a healthy, sustainable and efficient transport system. Many of the rules in the Code are legal requirements, and if you disobey these rules you are committing a criminal offence. You may be fined, given penalty points on your licence or be disqualified from driving. In the most serious cases you may...

As a DVSA approved driving instructor, Martin Caswell has 48 years of experience of driving, teaching driving, and even teaching teachers. But for Martin, the greatest teachers have been his students, and this book represents everything he has learned about learning to drive.Whether you are just thinking about learning to drive, your provisional licence is in the post or you are preparing to take your test, this book will make sure you know your way around a car and around the road...

Top Gear's James May is back with his hilarious and controversial opinions on . . . just about everything.As well as writing about his first love, cars, James has a go at political correctness, the endless rules and regulations of daily life, the internal combustion engine and traffic wardens. He discusses gastropubs, Jeremy Clarkson and other trials of modern life.His highly entertaining observations from behind the wheel will have you laughing out loud, w...

A concise Plain English pocket guide to passing the UK Car Driving Test, written by a working Driving Instructor with 18 years of teaching experience. Available in print from bookshops, or online retailers. ISBN 9780956501707

Does the clutch and gear lever confuse you?This superb book / eBook explains the clutch and gears (stick shift) in detail could solve all your 'control' problems! And all for less than half the price of a single driving lesson! Driving consists of two main elements:Control - the ability to put the vehicle where you want it, &Road Procedure - knowing where to put it + use of mirrors/observations and other theoretical knowledge....

This lovingly written little book recounts a true car enthusiast's thrifty repairs on cars that were never considered classics and mostly destined for the scrap yard!Enough images and 'car stuff' for the mechanic in you; enough story even for those with only a passing interest in cars, this book is a fantastic window on an era when everybody tinkered with their cars to keep them on the road.Some of the cars he talks about are now becoming collectable, but at the time he had...

In the 1960s, Japanese motorcycle manufacturers were eating into the markets in Europe and the United States with genuinely new designs and modern technology. In 1968, Honda dropped its four-cylinder bombshell in the form of the CB750, complete with electric starter, five-speed gearbox and front disc brake. More than that, it offered speed, convenience, reliability and oiltightness, features that were normally mutually exclusive. The first ‘superbike’ had arrived. In this book, Rod Ker tel...

Saab 99 and 900 is a detailed account of the cars that came from Saab, the aeroplane maker, whose first car - the 92 model - set the standard for advanced design epitomized by the 99 and 900 cars. The author delves deep into the cars' design and history, and into the core Saab values that they carried into production. Topics include: detailed design history of the 99 and 900; year-by-year developments; technically detailed engineering overviews; detailed specifications; advice on owning an...