This is a book that all driving instructors should read who believe that their career doesn't necessarily have to begin and end teaching novice drivers to pass their driving test. It doesn't; the driver training world extends as far as the instructor's imagination and ambition allows. A successful career is one that fulfils that ambition. There are millions of people that need to be taught to drive all manner of vehicles efficiently. Other people will satisfy that need; some good and qualified: some bad and yet still hired to do the job.

The Turn in the Road is the lively account of the...