The Official DSA Guide to Learning to Drive

The only official guide that explains the standards required to pass today's practical driving test. The aim of this book is to make sure that the learner is capable of driving safely and confidently, without prompting from an instructor before they take their test.

This latest edition includes references to The Official Highway Code and includes the 24 key driving skills you will be tested on with a full explanation of the standard you need to reach in each key skill to pass the test. There are also tips from the experts and explanations on what the examiner is looking for during your test as well as a feature to Win a Car.

This comprehensive guide provides all motorists with everything they need to know to help them learn and maintain safe driving skills and stay safe on the road for life. This new edition has been updated to include details on independent driving (which is being introduced into the practical driving test from October 2010), additional information on emergency diversions and travelling through road works, and advice on overtaking slow-moving vehicles, plus other key revisions.

The Official DSA Guide to Driving - the essential skills, together with The Official Highway Code and Know Your Traffic Signs, provides the source material for learner car drivers and driving instructor theory tests, being referenced throughout the latest official DSA theory test titles for car drivers.

Key topics covered in this edition include:

• Essential driving techniques, including maneuvering and defensive driving
• Driving on motorways, driving at dusk, at night and in all-weather conditions including fog, snow and ice
• Information about traveling through road works, including what to do if you break down
• Advice on overtaking slow-moving vehicles
• An explanation of emergency diversion routes
• Details about the independent driving part of the practical test
• What to do in an accident or emergency
• Ecosafe driving and the environment
• Vehicle maintenance and security
• Towing a trailer
• European driving
• A chapter devoted to taxi drivers.