Professional Driving Techniques, 4th Edition

Created by high-risk driving expert Anthony J. Scotti

who has also authored Executive Safety and International Terrorism

“When confronted with an accident producing situation, most people don’t lose control of their vehicle, they give it up. The average driver uses less than half of the vehicle’s capability.

In fact, statistics show that in over 40 percent of all automobiel accidents, the drivers never realized they were in trouble until they heard the screech of tires and the crunch of steel.” Anthony J. Scotti

Whether you drive for a living or live to drive, or druve jsut ot get yourself around, safe driving means being aware of situations taht cause accidnts or injuries and knowing what you can do to avoid or prevent them.

This book walks you step by step through teh intricacies of the Driving System--the Driver, the Vehicle and the Driving Environment. You’ll learn how to maintain your vehicle--and its driver--in optimum condition for taking to the road, and how to maintain vehicle control in both everyday and emergency situations --in a variety of road and weather conditions.

The Essential Guide to Operating

a Motor Vehical with Confidence and Skill

Features:

P How to recognize the five major accident situations and the human and mechanical failures that usually cause them.

P The basics of vehicle dynamics and why the vehicle sometimes does what it wants to do, not what the driver wants it to.

P The finer points of vehicle control in everyday driving (timing, maneuvering, spotting hazards) and in emergency situations such as when there are five seconds or less between the driver and a potentially serious situation.

P How to operate the controls with precision, accuracy, and in the proper sequence.

P The necessity of both mental and physical readiness and the adverse effects of fatigue and stress.

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Road Rage P Braking and Traction Systems P Safe Driving and Auto Maintenance Tips from Shell Oil Company