The Bad Driver's Handbook - by Zack Arnstein & Larry Arnstein (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

The Bad Driver's Handbook: Hundreds of Simple Maneuvers to Frustrate, Annoy, and Endanger Those Around You debunks the myths of the "good" and "bad" driver by describing in detail the liberating truths about driving that have long been suppressed. Novice and experienced drivers--along with those who are bewildered by the utopian fantasies about driving found in the typical DMV handbook--will find all of their questions answered by authors Larry and Zack Arnstein, who offer comical commentary and tongue-in-cheek observations on such bad driving techniques as:

Bribes, Threats and Other Secrets to Getting Your License
Intimidating Pedestrians
Making Your Car Louder
Turn Signals: Why Give Up the Element of Surprise?
Tailgating: How Close Is Not Close Enough?
Sleeping at the Wheel (Do's & Don'ts)
Motorcycles: Faster, Cooler, Safer!
Driving When You Can No Longer See

Review Quotes

"In this hilarious parody of a how-to manual, Zack and Larry Arnstein cover every driving situation that has ever caused damage or even just annoyance. From driver's ed to car alarms and tailgating to drunk driving, it's all here, every kind of bad driving situation and opportunity for making things worse that you can think of and, impossible as it may seem, even more. . . . While The Bad Driver's Handbook makes a perfect anonymous gift for someone whose driving terrifies you, make sure you read the book before passing it on. Most of us spend a major part of our lives dealing with traffic, cars, and driving, but we don't spend nearly enough time laughing about them."
--RoadTripAmerica.com

"The Bad Driver's Handbook provides expert driving advice on everything from surviving road rage to outsmarting your average street sign . . . The book shares liberating truths about driving that you won't see in any DMV Handbook . . . This book is truly funny! . . . The authors could end up with the Noble Peace Prize!"
--National Public Radio's News and Notes with Ed Gordon

"Finally someone has come along and, with the appropriate scholarly detachment, put all of our long-running love affair with awful driving into its proper historical and social context. OK, maybe not. But what Zack and Larry Arnstein, authors of The Bad Driver's Handbook, have done is create a hysterically funny guidebook to the most stupid, outrageous ways we act out on the road."
--Detroit Free Press

"The funniest book ever penned on how to drive."
--The National Post

"Any driver will tell you that being corralled like this at freeway speed is a dangerous situation. I had to do something before it was done to me. . . . . Fortunately, I had just finished reading the most indispensable book ever written for the motoring public: The Bad Driver's Handbook. The book, which deserves a Pulitzer for mayhem, touts "Hundreds of Simple Maneuvers to Frustrate, Annoy, and Endanger Those Around You." In other words, how to drive like the average American."
--Salt Lake Tribune

"So, how do you use bribes to get your license? Or avoid tipping off other drivers with turn signals? Or get a good sleep while at the wheel? Maybe you want to scare the bejeebus out of pedestrians, or keep driving when you're blind as a bat? All these secrets and more are revealed in The Bad Driver's Handbook: Hundreds of Simple Maneuvers to Frustrate, Annoy, and Endanger Those Around You. Finally, a practical book."
--IGN Film Force

"Takes a common, everyday bugaboo and turns it on its ear. . . . The humor here is in the recognition of our own challenges behind the wheel and the amazing folly we sometimes observe in others."
--BookPage

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About the Author

Zack Arnstein, after failing his first three driving tests, finally passed it at the age of 16 on his fourth try, making him one of the world's most distinguished experts on driving tests. He then went on to become an authority in the related fields of law enforcement and minor traffic accidents by collecting a variety of moving violations and "fender-benders."

Larry Arnstein, after failing his first driving test, passed it at the age of 18 on his second try. He has also collected his share of moving violations and fender-benders during a driving career which included driving taxicabs in New York City and Berkeley, California. Currently he is a model of safe driving techniques, but occasionally is subject to episodes of taxi driver flashback syndrome during which his driving is unpredictable. Larry has written for the television shows Saturday Night Live and Not Necessarily the News, for which he won two Writers Guild of America Awards. They are the coauthors of The Dog Ate My Resume and they live in Santa Monica, California.