The Myway Code

by Dan Kieran, Ian Vince

The Highway Code is Britain’s best selling non-fiction book, and in 2006 it will be exactly 75 years old. Isn’t it about time that the old codger got out of the driving seat and let the real rules of the road take over? Enter The Myway Code , the shifty, wayward offspring of the original that has priority over all oncoming vehicles and is set to drive itself to the top of the charts faster and harder than is legally appropriate. Written and laid out in a style which will be familiar to anyone who has seen, and therefore failed to read, the official book, The Myway Code puts its foot down and its finger up, as it rips up the L-plates and tears up the road like an XR3i full of feral children on alcopops.

Hardcover

Published June 1, 2007

About the author

Dan Kieran is Deputy Editor of The Idler, a bi-yearly British magazine. He is a writer, editor, and CEO and co-founder of the crowd-funding publishing platform Unbound.

Reviews

[gleb · Rating 4 out of 5]

Although it's aimed at drivers, I actually got this book as a present when I was eleven--but I enjoyed it anyway. The humour varies from the relatable (offering congratulations on no longer having to do doughnuts outside your old secondary school with the instructor bleating 'Mirror, signal, manoeuvre') to the absurd (talking about the importance of clairvoyance when driving on the motorway). It's packed full of humour, and the jokes hit the mark more often than not. Adding to the effect is the fact that it's written in decent imitation of the Highway Code: numbered sections, with some parts in bolded red text. Honestly, if the concept sounds like something that'd interest you, I think I'd recommend it. Fun, light read.