Rules of the Road for Inland and International
354385
This book is up to date. The complete Rules and additional info that you will need.  Meets USCG requirements.  Read it and learn it before you need it!
4430058
I would recommend the new 7th edition (2005) instead of this one.

Excellent guide to seeing Italy with a car or a Vespa moped. You will enjoy some great driving tours and routes through Italia.

Frommers has recently come out with a "Best-Loved Driving Tours" series ... guides that are not very inexpensive, but are very well researched and quite comprehensive. One will have plenty of driving tours and routes to chose from, whether you like arts and museums, scenic roads and breathtaking views, urban towns and shopping, or just want to experience a regione's culture and life.

Unlike the other Frommer guides that are fatter and heavier, this little book gives you not too many specifics on lodging or eating. It is geared strictly for the person behind the wheel and her or his passengers.

I have had a great experience using this guide and will recommend it to anyone who can afford it. Also, you might want to check to see if your library carries it and check it out for the duration of your visit abroad.

When I backpacked 4 months through Europe I had a copy of the Lonely Planet for Europe (a thick and heavy book) because it covered more cities and esoteric towns, a ripped chapters of all the international youth hostals Europe of the countries I visited, and as primary guide for nominal cities and capitals I used Frommers (ripped the book and kept only chapters of countries planning to visit - so I can keep the weight down).
2621176
This book has lots of good information. An earlier version for 2011 "Exit Now" was spiral bound with a nice weight of paper, was easier to use because of the spiral.  The Next Exit book has much of the same information and of course is updated. The binding and the newspaper weight paper  make this book a little harder to use. We love this book when traveling the interstate it tells us what is at each exit, helps find RV resorts and dump stations as well as gas, food and lodging and rest stops.  Great book for travel especially in an RV
2389184
great guideline for a trip south.  not great for north-bounders. also, seems very dated at times. theres a lot of roads that have been updated by their names and campsites that charge much more than normal. also elevation and map layouts are not a great to scale diagram but helpful nonetheless.
1021381
It directs you to where you want to go. Sturdy construction - should be long lasting. Years of country road travel with this guide.
62535
Excellent! I recommended it to a student of International Relations in order to have a "street-level" feeling of other countries, away from theories, books and  formal visits. Also good for some tips for travel in the real ugly world. I just did not agree with the "climate change" thingy near the end of the book but I understand taht nobody is perfect. Recommended book, no doubt.
848925
A bit dated. But, in its day, this was a wonderful resource for planning. Published in 1986, the editors sought out experts to author individual chapters. Disclaimer: One of the editors, Irving Hand, is someone with whom I have worked since I came to Penn State Harrisburg.

There are several sections to the book. The first provides background and context on the subject. The second part explores analysis and information (e.g., chapters on policy analysis, environmental impact analysis, and citizen participation). Part Three focuses on development policies and strategies, including urban development, rural development, andf economic development. The fvinal section addresses major types of state and regional plans, such as housing and transportation.

Chapter authors include many experts in their specialties, lending real credibility to this work.(
1883745
This is a really interesting book. It is definitely an essential item if you are travelling out of the country. There are just so many issues that can happen from people being unaware of a foreign country's body language laws.
3054243
This is a must have for motorhome owners. Knowing where the safe truck routes are helps to give us a more trouble free trips. It is a great help when traveling outside of our local area.
2930636
Traditional Fodor's - lots of good essential mainstream information. Great in planning a month long trip to India.
989229
A very good book!  Some of the places listed were ones I've already visited, and while it's always good to check up on the directions (land ownership changes, dirt roads get blocked off and new roads get built) these were fairly correct.  It could use a few more photos and landmarks (oh, for a book with the actual GPS coordinates listed for each site!) but from the perspective of someone who wants to drive around and see these precious, irreplaceable works, it's an excellent book.
3350738
Nothing is going to stop an arrest if they really want to take you in.  But if you want to know the real rules of the road over and beyond the drivers license manual this is a must read.  If you have a teen that is just starting to drive this is an excellent book to work through with them.  It will also open up a multitude of discussion topics about the world we currently live in.  Most importantly it tells you when to keep your mouth SHUT, accept the ticket and take it up with the judge.
3480003
Like all the Cicerone books, Nick Mitchell's creation gives you everything you need to accomplish the trip, providing you don't want to make any changes in the route or the stages he suggests.  Since most riders will want to accomplish the trip in the 14 days of riding the book suggests, this is generally an advantage rather than a problem.  If, however, you do wish to ride longer stages or shorter ones, it is easy to find lodgings on the Internet, perhaps, however, more expensive than the hostels mentioned in the book for most stages.

Other routes, of course are also possible, as a quick look at the Sustrans map page will show you.  Often, but not always, those routes are considerably longer, but may offer other advantages, for tourism, for example, or avoiding cities.  Although Nick's book was written in 2012, already there are two important route changes not covered in the book:  There is a new, highly preferable, cycle route open from Plymouth to Yelverton; and, unless you are comfortable riding in ever-heavier traffic that includes tour buses and lorries, one should now strongly consider avoiding A98 north of Alexandria  (Loch Lomond), and take the longer National Cycle Route 7 north to Inverness.

Whatever your ultimate riding decisions may be, in my opinion "The End to End Cycle Route" is an indispensable tool for setting up and executing your trip.
3520577
I find the 1939 Gt. N. Road pictured in this book (incredibly with some pictures in colour) to be substantially the same if not even identical to that I remember when I was taken by my folks on my first trip to London from the north. Given that no infrastructure improvements were done during World War Two except for war-related repairs etc, that perhaps is less surprising than the fact that in 1958 and even 1962, so much of the old road remained to be rebuilt as dual-carriageway. I remember the old bits very well, a major impediment to progress given the ever-increasing crush of traffic, and often coming up on unwary drivers almost without warning--if you were lucky your 65-70mph speed was reduced smoothly and in a timely fashion. If not, you'd run up the back of the queue of vehicles waiting to squeeze themselves down from the dual carriageway into the tortuous double bends and single lanes where the old road had yet to be dealt with. In recent years the gradual conversion to motorway and elimination of those dreadful roundabouts have finally made the Great North Road a functioning and adequate artery in Britain's road system--at the expense of course of the scenery, the more leisurely pace of motoring and the quaint old towns like Hatfield, Welwyn, Baldock, the Alconburys, Eaton Socon, Stamford, Newark and Wetherby to name just a few. This book, by chronicling where the old road still exists and functions as a scenic by-way to the present A1, shows these old towns as still vital and historically charming places that can now breathe, having been freed from traffic. The book's a real gem to anyone who uses the A1 now, or used it up to 65-plus years ago. D. A. Young
2478054
There's a lot of information packed in to this small book. I'm a native Californian, but that doesn't mean I don't need extra help when traveling. This book is for the Pacific Coast Highways which I'm familiar with, of course. We can all look at our GPS, but it's nice to have a good old fashioned map at times. A pull out map is included along with help on planning your trip, road trip ideas and destination information. There are suggestions for places to eat, sleep, highlights and don't miss sections. Recommended.
2552936
For those of us involved in questions regarding the Law of War this book is an essential guide.  It is at least a starting point and for many questions the end point also.  I use if frequently.  I am a lawyer who defends persons accused of violations of International Humanitarian Law; or, of war crimes.  I highly recommend it.
3103799
This book is dense with details for the traveler planning a trip anywhere near the Med.  Yes, it's old (2004) and surely some information is no longer valid, but the web will update that. Geared to the low-budget traveler, this is 480 pages of small print pages filled with the answers to questions not yet asked.  The author did a tremendous job on this.  It should be updated. It will never become obsolete.