Tuesday 10th May 2016

How Not To Crash: Review

PHer R_U_Local publishes second book of advanced driving tips

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To those who don't know the work of prolific PH poster R_U_Local, he's an ex-police traffic officer and instructor with a passion for sharing his training with fellow PHers. A dry sense of humour, realisation we drive for more than getting from A to B and genuine enthusiasm for the subject led to a self-published book, based on posts he'd made in the Advanced Driving forum.

Does what it says on the cover!

Clearly inspired by the deservedly warm reception for Advanced and Performance Driving, Reg Local (the name he writes by outside of PH) has now written another book whose contents are as straightforward as its no-nonsense title. The professional and personal motivations for this one are made very clear from the outset. And, though the subject and its data-driven presentation are more serious, Reg has successfully maintained his conversational tone to keep it a breezy and entertaining read. No small feat.

The basic gist is that police paperwork offers a list 78 contributory factors officers can select from when writing accident reports. These are covered by nine sub-headings, which make up the main chapters of the book. This starts with the most common - "Driver error or reaction" - which crops up in 72 per cent of reported accidents and works back from there. It's worthy stuff and occasionally sobering reading. But if, as Reg has it, you want to avoid crashing or getting caught up in someone else's accident it's well worth your time. And, throughout both books, it's crystal clear Reg wants us all to enjoy our driving as he does his. Just safely. And you can't argue with that.

Learner or old hand, it's one of those books anyone can benefit from reading. And it all started out as a few posts on PH! See here for details.

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Reg has also started a YouTube channel, putting his thoughts on various aspects of advanced driving on film - check it out here!
 

 

[callmedave]

ASIN: B01E9NX1OA for those who are interested.

Good work R_U_Local!

[Reg Local]

Thanks very much for the review Dan!

If you go on the Amazon page you can read the first couple of chapters for free by clicking the "look inside" tab.

And the latest video "Overtaking" was uploaded to Youtube last night:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjFWKVYfkpE

[AREA]

I've just downloaded the book to my Kindle having read and benefited from Reg's previous book.

Never have written words pulled me up so suddenly and emotionally as the four that make up a single paragraph in the middle of the Introduction (I shan't 'spoil' by typing them) following "... at the scene."

[Dan Trent]

Indeed.

Credit to your restraint - in that spirit let's keep this thread a spoiler free zone too please.

Cheers,

Dan

[Treb0r]

Reg Local said:

Thanks very much for the review Dan!

If you go on the Amazon page you can read the first couple of chapters for free by clicking the "look inside" tab.

And the latest video "Overtaking" was uploaded to Youtube last night:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjFWKVYfkpE

Interesting video - thanks.

[callmedave]

Was it Reg who wrote a thread a while back 'Today I met Steve' or something like that, a sad story but well written and quite thought provoking?

[Limpet]

Now sitting on my Kindle ready to go. Look forward to reading it.

[Reg Local]

callmedave said:

Was it Reg who wrote a thread a while back 'Today I met Steve' or something like that, a sad story but well written and quite thought provoking?

No, that wasn't one of mine. I know the post you're referring to & it struck a chord with me too.

Thanks to everyone who has bought a copy - it's currently the number 1 bestseller in it's category in the Kindle store, with my other book at number 3! Some unknown nobody seems to have crept into the number 2 spot...