How to Avoid Road Accidents : What you don't always learn from

How to Avoid Road Accidents : What you don't always learn from driving school

The aim of this book is to enable individuals who base their driving on the suggested principles, to always have a safe journey in any kind of traffic and road conditions, regardless of how other road users behave. The intention is to help empower each individual to be in full control of his or her safety on the roads. The causes and effects of road accidents, the associated problems and possible remedies, and the principles involved in avoiding road accidents are all discussed.

Road accidents will continue to occur despite our best efforts, and we cannot prevent them all. But, as individuals, we can do a lot to keep ourselves from being caught up in these events. Practise the principles described in this booklet and your chances of getting involved in road accidents will be significantly reduced. Additionally, the chances are that you will enjoy your journeys more and arrive at your destination more relaxed, refreshed, and stress-free than otherwise.

This title was first published in 1986. Roads have changed. Vehicles have changed. Human behaviour hasn't, and driver errors are still the main cause of the vast majority of road accidents.

Because of the intervening 25 years, this edition contains several revisions and additions to the previous one. The phrase 'Defensive Driving' has now been replaced by the term 'Avoidance'. Though the expression 'road rage' probably had not even been in use at the time, its features and ways to deal with it had already been included in the 1986 edition. As the first version pre-dates the Internet, this edition has also incorporated hyperlinks to websites dealing with various details related to road safety and safer driving.

A compact 'Quick Reference' is also provided to enable readers to easily remind themselves of the various principles suggested in the book.

Some comments about the 1986 edition:

"A refreshingly simple, practical, and effective approach to tackling a perennial problem..."

"Brings together all the various available road safety maxims and instructions into an easily remembered framework..."

"Could save your life some day ..."

"Highly readable, well worth reading and re-reading ..."

"A particularly suitable book for enabling young drivers to develop safe driving habits for life..."

"Surprisingly practical blend of philosophy, psychology, road sense, common sense and experience..."

"Filled with ideas that will work anywhere, anytime and for anyone..."

â€œA do-it-yourself survival manual for the individual automobile driver. The editorial focus is on conditioning the driverâ€™s attitude so that his or her responses to situations tend to defuse, rather than aggravate, any potentially dangerous situation.â€ The Rotarian, February 1990

The author has driven (1965-1990) several hundred thousand incident-free miles in almost all regions of Nigeria, a country with a very high road accident rate. Undoubtedly good fortune had a role in this, particularly in the early years! Since then, in the last 20 years of driving over three hundred thousand miles in the U.K, the author was involved in four traffic incidents. Though all were minor, occuring at low speeds or when the author's vehicle was stationary, and were found to be the 'other party's' fault, the point to be made is that they were a direct consequence of ignoring three of the precepts of Avoidance. The experiences have been incorporated into the book.
Country USA
Manufacturer Airquest Ltd.
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2011-06-14
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Airquest Ltd.
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2011-06-14
Format	Kindle eBook

How to Avoid Road Accidents : What you don't always learn from driving school

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