THE BAD DRIVER'S HANDBOOK

Driving is a serious topic, which makes it the perfect subject for a book like this. It really does help to laugh at something that too often only raises your blood pressure or makes you use language you don't like to admit you know. 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.

The chapter on visiting the DMV takes readers on a page-turning detour that does a remarkably accurate -- but fortunately much funnier -- job of simulating what it's like to get sent from window to window on a quest to transfer car ownership. Other sections include take-offs on multiple choice driving tests that capture their frustrating trickiness and annoying ambiguities perfectly. Chapters with intriguing names like "Intimidating Pedestrians" cover topics as diverse as taxi drivers, bumper stickers, back seat driving, car maintenance, and "Teaching Your Teen to Drive." A chapter on sex includes a great list of questions men and women can use to find out whether a potential partner will be compatible. For women, "Will he ask directions?" For men, "Is she willing to have sex with you?" [Read more...]