The official DVSA guide to driving: the essential skills

Whether you’re a learner, an experienced driver or a driving instructor, this book is packed full of advice that will help you stay safe on our roads. Many of the deaths and injuries that occur on UK roads every day might be prevented if we improved standards of driving and our driving techniques. This comprehensive guide is considered to be the industry standard driving manual and will provide you with everything you need to know for safe driving for life.

This book includes essential driving techniques, including manoeuvring and defensive driving, driving at dusk, at night and in all weather conditions, information on travelling through roadworks, including what to do if you break down, advice on overtaking slow-moving vehicles, and an explanation of emergency diversion routes, details on 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.