{"id":11647,"date":"2013-02-27T09:33:31","date_gmt":"2013-02-27T09:33:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=11647"},"modified":"2022-11-06T13:52:58","modified_gmt":"2022-11-06T13:52:58","slug":"roadcraft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=11647","title":{"rendered":"Roadcraft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Or to give it its full title: <strong>Roadcraft: The <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Police Driver\u2019s Handbook.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 276px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 276\/392;float: left; margin: 5px 10px 5px 0px; display: inline;\" title=\"Roadcraft - The POLICE DRIVER'S Handbook\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/roadcraft.jpg\" alt=\"Roadcraft - The POLICE DRIVER'S Handbook\" width=\"276\" height=\"392\" align=\"left\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/>Anyone who has a copy of this should occasionally turn around and make sure they haven\u2019t let reality slip out of their sight.<\/p>\n<p>Some elements of the book can be useful when teaching, but this is NOT the case most of the time, and definitely NOT for every pupil.<\/p>\n<p>Roadcraft has been jumped on by the \u201cI Am An Advanced Driver\u201d brigade as some sort of bible.<\/p>\n<p>I again refer to its official title as a <strong>Police Driver\u2019s handbook.<\/strong> This is clearly written on the cover. 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