How To Drive: The Ultimate Guide, from the Man Who Was the Stig ~ Hardback ~ Ben Collins

Driving is the most dangerous thing each of us does on a daily basis - and yet the average learner receives just eighteen hours' training - less than a Starbucks barista. In this inspirational, instructive, highly entertaining book, Ben Collins uses his super-charged experience of racing, stunt-work and cutting-edge scientific knowledge to tell you all of the things you didn't learn on your test - and in the process will make your driving safer, more economical and a lot more enjoyable. The skills described here, from skid control to gear changes that are as smooth as a cashmere codpiece, have been honed on racing tracks by the greatest drivers in the world. This is the stuff your instructor missed, your dad forgot and your mates pretend to know . . . but don't. Packed with illustrations, gobsmacking driving anecdotes, humour and wisdom, this is the ultimate book for anyone who wants to be better at something they do every day of their life. The world population of motor vehicles exceeded a billion a couple of years ago. Let's make sure their owners understand how to use them.Author BiographyBetter known as The Stig from BBC's internationally acclaimed Top Gear, Ben Collins was the benchmark of speed against which hundreds of celebrities set themselves, and the man that everyone - including Formula One stars Nigel Mansell and Jenson Button - tried and failed to beat. But he is also the go-to driving man for Hollywood (driving as Bond in Skyfall, and in the batman film The Dark Knight Rises), and has raced successfully in almost every class imaginable, from Formula 3 and Le Mans 24 Hour to American Stock Car racing. He's very, very good at driving.