Page 4 of 5

Re: Book Promotion

Posted: Thu Nov 23, 2017 8:43 am
by jcochrane
Published in 1980 (I think it was) The AA Book of Driving. Good read from what I can remember.

Re: Book Promotion

Posted: Thu Nov 23, 2017 9:58 am
by Horse
jcochrane wrote:Published in 1980 (I think it was) The AA Book of Driving. Good read from what I can remember.


Actually, that's reminded me of one I have. Is it a large paperback, heavily-illustrated, with a black and white 'smashed glass' design on the cover? If so, yes, very good.

Re: Book Promotion

Posted: Thu Nov 23, 2017 9:59 am
by Horse
Gareth wrote:
Horse wrote:Put it into context: what else was available in 1988?

Blue was a good edition of Roadcraft but as to what else was available, "High-Performance Driving for You", "Prevent or Punish" and "Putting My Foot Down" ;-)


TBH, hadn't seen those then, not seen or heard of them until now.

Re: Book Promotion

Posted: Thu Nov 23, 2017 10:05 am
by Mr Cholmondeley-Warner
HPDFY is good - written by Tom Wisdom, [one of the] founder[s] of the HPC course.
Putting My Foot Down is amusing, but not really a reference work
not heard of Prevent or Punish - John, do you mean this?:

https://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl= ... mrc&uact=8

Re: Book Promotion

Posted: Thu Nov 23, 2017 11:28 am
by Gareth

Re: Book Promotion

Posted: Thu Nov 23, 2017 11:41 am
by Horse

Re: Book Promotion

Posted: Thu Nov 23, 2017 12:07 pm
by Gareth
Also available on AbeBooks, Amazon, and eBay, mostly cheaper.

Re: Book Promotion

Posted: Thu Nov 23, 2017 1:28 pm
by Mr Cholmondeley-Warner
Abebooks is the platform of choice usually. Most of the eBay items are on AB as well.

Re: Book Promotion

Posted: Thu Nov 23, 2017 2:14 pm
by kfae8959
As people probably know already, AbeBooks was taken over by Amazon some time ago.

Re: Book Promotion

Posted: Thu Nov 23, 2017 9:03 pm
by fungus
J J Leeming was a highways engineer for Oxfordshire C C until 1946, when he became, IIAC, Chief Highways Engineer for Dorset. His book, Road Accidents Prevent or Punish, has been mentioned by the late Paul Smith on his Safe Speed website with excerpts from the book posted on the website.

Nigel