Good driving will make the roads safer

Go read this article on how teenagers had many accidents, and how they suggested that driver education could be improved. I am fairly knowledgeable about safe driving and would like to make some sugestions about making the roads safer by improving the standard of a persons driving.

First of all I must tell you that I am an American, but I have read several books on Roadcraft (A Brittish police driving manual). Roadcraft is about a system of car control that is based on the principle that if a vehicle is always positioned correctly, traveling at the correct speed, and in the right gear that almost all acidents could avoided. Roadcraft also states that a vehicle must always be able to stop within the distance that can be seen to be clear. Obtaining a copy of Roadcraft should not be difficult. Go to amazon.com and type in ISBN 0-11340858-7 you should be able to get one from one of the many z-shop sellers.

Roadcraft is not based on avoidance techniques(such as swerving around cones while mainting control), and only lightly touches skid control. It is much more about the avoidance of these dangerous situations rather than getting out of them once they have started. According to Roadcraft if drive correctly you should be able to avoid these situations.

Roadcraft has never gained any popularity in the United States probably, because few people know about it. But I think that it is probably one of the best ways to improve peoples driving and make them less likely to be involved in accidents.

More information on Roadcraft can be found at:

Books on this topic also include:

Expert Driving the Police Way by John Miles

High Performance Driving for You by Tom Wisdom

both are out of print but searching for a copy on bookfinder.com might find you one if you are interested.

What do you think of this idea?

Chris

-- AdvDriver ------------------------------------------------------------------------