I think the title says it all. Having reached the age in the last few years where driving has effectively become a needed essential for everyday life, learning to drive was something that I myself needed to do, just to be able to complete the bare basics of life. I have a job that I must commute to twice a day, 6 days a week. Upon taking up the first steps of learning to drive, I was recommended to purchase either the Highway Code or one of the 'Theory Test Dvds' that have become readily available during the 21st century.

The book itself was very accessable, not only in terms of purchase but in its very cheap price of £2.50. I purchased mine from the local post office, however The Highway Code is easily to find on most online stores, Amazon, Play and The Hut all have copies for a price somewhere around the same mark as mine.

The contents of the book are actually split into many different sections, covering virtually if not all the possible segments of revisional aspects required in order to succesfully pass the theory exam. Here is an example of some of the section names;

'Rules for Pedestrians'
'Motorways'
'Signals'
'Roadworks'
'Driving in Adverse Conditions'

These are only a couple of examples as there are at least 30 different sections and listing them would make reading this even more boring than im sure most people will find reading this anyway! The sections themselves are broken down into diagrams of the contents, which have informative paragraphs around the outside delivering the correct information that the diagram can illustrate as an example. The writing however, whilst on the face of things is fairly detailed there are some sections of the book that can be slightly confusing and not detailed enough in description to clarify certain matters.

The most detailed section of the book is the one that covers the road signals. There are 3 of 4 particular smaller sections to this. These being, Traffic signs, Road Markigs, Signals from other road users and Light signals controlling traffic. As these are probably some of the most important sections the writers of the book have done very well to make this the most in depth part of the book.

Overall, the book does exactly what it sells as. If you read this book from cover to cover your far more likely to pass your theory exam than if you shouldnt. The book covers 99.9% of bases accurately and correctly, even if the detail at times is lacking. Its certainly a purchase I'd advise to thoose whom are thinking of part-taking a theory exam anytime soon.

8/10

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Price; £2.50
Availability; Amazon, Play, The Hut & The Post Office
Publishers/Editors; Driving Standards Agency
Date; Edited 2007
Length; 145 pages.