How to be a Good Motorist
$19.20
- Hardcover
96 pages
- Release Date
29 August 2013
Summary
The Good Motorist’s Guide: Vintage Wisdom for the Modern Road
How should a motorist converse with the police? Should you switch off your headlights when another car approaches? What parts of the engine can you fix with a sheet of emery paper, insulating tape and copper wire?
The 1920s heralded the age of motoring with the arrival of the ‘affordable’ Austin Seven and the increasing popularity of Morris Motors in Britain. Yet the first edition of the Highway Code would not app…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781851240807 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1851240802 |
| Author: | Bodleian Library the |
| Publisher: | Bodleian Library |
| Imprint: | Bodleian Library |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 96 |
| Release Date: | 29 August 2013 |
| Weight: | 84g |
| Dimensions: | 115mm x 88mm x 11mm |
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“As ever, the only way to learn to drive is by hitting the road–and hoping that’s all you hit. But that’s never stopped the learning-by-reading lobby from writing guides on driving. How to Be a Good Motorist, abridged from a British book written by Harold Pemberton in 1923, gamely confronts automotive woes like how to handle a skid, a flat tire, and livestock grazing in the road.”– “New York Times” (6/1/2014 12:00:00 AM)
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