“Filled with hundreds of common driving offenses, this gut-wrenching funny handbook features hilariously, jaw dropping terms and phrases describing some of the nastiest driving habits you or another cidiot have engaged in almost every day on the highways and byways. Inside, you’ll find “The Motor Mouth Motorist” who suffers from road rage, “The Para Lane Bluffer” who can’t decide if they want to merge with oncoming traffic until the last second, “The Eye Shadow Bandit” who thinks she’s skilled enough to drive at high speeds while applying makeup in the car mirror, and many more epic adventures of daily cidiot driving habits that are far too many to list here. Whether you’re the culprit or the victim of cidiot driving, The Little Handbook for Navigationally Challenged Cidiots will have you laughing, pouring tears, and showing off your enriched cidiot vocabulary.”

If anything, the above description is an understatement. And if you’re wondering (wisely) whether the book provides a definition of “Cidiots,” you’re in luck. Not only is there a definition, but there’s also a short quiz to test yourself (in confidence) whether you are one of those cidiots (and to what degree: a major cidiot, a borderline cidiot, or a future victim of a cidiot). Here’s one of the questions, for example:

“The railroad bucks are coming down due to a train approaching in the distance. You would: a. Stop and wait patiently for the train to pass. b. Make a u-turn and try to find another street or route to avoid waiting for the train to pass. c. Attempt to beat the train by speeding around the railroad bucks.”

In fact, we found the quiz by itself to provide enough laughter, insights (and shame) to make it worth buying the whole book.

What distinguish “The Little Handbook for Navigationally Challenged Cidiots” is its uncanny observations of odd, obnoxious, selfish, and outright stupid behavior every driver and passenger witnesses every time they venture onto the roadways. Not one section could be read without recognizing a familiar and memorable ‘cidiotic’ moment that could have ended with clashing metal and agonized screams, or at the very least, a juicy expletive. We especially enjoyed the authors’ marvelous ability to attach titles to the cidiots by their particular habits, such as “The Inner-Laners” (going straight from the left-turn-only lane), or “The Arrogant Knights” (dropping off passengers while blocking all three lanes of traffic), just to give you a taste.

In summary, “The Little Handbook for Navigationally Challenged Cidiots” is an absolute riot: hilarious, brilliant, and outright indispensable for both drivers and their unwitting passengers, as well as for surviving pedestrians and public-transportation loyalists who mistakenly believe that their mode of travel is safer. In fact, any reader who has ever been in a moving vehicle (or plans to risk it in the future) would laugh out loud, keep turning the pages, and quote sections to family and friends. Highly recommended!

D.C. Head’s The Little Handbook for Navigationally Challenged Cidiots is a reminder that one does not have to take a complex book to gain knowledge from reading. D.C. Head writes with a light touch. The text used in the book is easy to understand and the narration is entertaining. The author wrote a convenient driver’s handbook for drivers who are not confident on roads and those that want to learn the behavior of various motorists. The book is not only great for new drivers but also experienced drivers who have been on the road for decades.

Hilariously, the author highlights the sins committed by motorists on the road. If you are an impatient driver, some of these motorists will get to you. The author however makes some of these mistakes seem not too serious to get one angry. While reading, you get to learn about different types of drivers; the slow drivers, drivers who disregard traffic rules, those that use non-roadworthy vehicles, and those that drive as if they own the whole lane among others. The frustrations on the road can be too much for someone who is easily angered. While reading this book, however, one learns that it is human to make some mistakes and that they should not warrant much anger. It is also important to consider other road users while traveling as a simple mistake can be fatal.

I like how the author lays down the lessons she wants the reader to take note of. The author is a natural writer and will have you enjoying her stories with little effort. I appreciate how the author emphasizes certain points for road users. Using humor, D.C. Head writes about being a decent driver while minding others. The road is no place to have unnecessary fun as everyone is in a rush to get to their destination. Her attention to detail is another great thing about the author. She writes about the most minute things on the road, things that sometimes go unnoticed by both pedestrians and drivers. Usage of the term cidiots was not only funny to me but also a distinct way to make points.

The author’s silly takes are not the only thing entertaining about this book. The illustrations are amazing too. They add color and spice up the content in the book. Every illustration has a unique object that gets one staring for minutes. The drawings are an amazing way of passing a message and also showcasing how talented illustrators are. The quiz at the end of the book was a great concept. Getting to answer the simple questions was a pleasant activity and made the book even more enjoyable. If you need a quick refresher course as a driver, then The Little Handbook for Navigationally Challenged Cidiots is the book for you.

Drivers who want a hilarious spoof on driving, cars, and rules of the road should consider The Little Handbook for Navigationally Challenged Cidiots one of the funniest books on the humor market. It provides a close observation of drivers who are less than adept at the art of getting behind the wheel, and causes laughter even before the story is narrated, starting with a 'Table of Complaints' (nee 'Table of Contents') that features such headings as 'The Shoulder: I Mean...the Passing Lane' and 'Lights and Gadgets: Use'm Already!!'

Hundreds of driving offenses are covered with a tongue-and-cheek observation of 'cidiots' who flaunt the rules. There are lists of typical types, alongside personal case history observations of the flagrant offenses: "The In-Your-Face Shoulder Pass: So my friend Johnny and I are sitting in stand-still traffic on a major freeway. All of a sudden we notice the increasing number of shoulder jumpers whizzing by our vehicle just to squeeze in front of the twenty cars ahead of us. So Johnny gets tired of this blatant violation of the law and steps outs, grabs a nearby construction barrel and plants it in the middle of the shoulder to prevent this rudeness from continuing. Just as he hops back in our vehicle, I noticed the most peculiar thing....instead of preventing the shoulder jumpers from carrying out their violation, the barrel placement has only encouraged them to become more creative. So now Johnny and I just sit with our mouths open as we watch the shoulder jumpers drive slightly up the hill and around the barrel so that they can continue to either exit the freeway or bully the drivers ahead of us."

From 'Driving Under the Influence of Dummies' to parking snafus and 'snipers', this collection of driver observations requires only that the reader be an adult driver. This audience will find it easy to recognize the violators and their modus operandi for getting ahead and breaking the rules of the road.

All drivers should read this fun book. It gives food for thought about offenses and approaches to driving while providing laugh-out-loud moments firmly based on driving realities.

A comedic approach to dangerous highway and byway scenarios, The Little Handbook for Navigationally Challenged Cidiots grabs the attention of every driver who has had experiences with road idiots. Better known as a “cidiot,” this person is defined as “a navigationally deficient person having common driving knowledge in the lowest degree, appearing to be incapable of guarding against and usually the culprit of common road, street, highway, freeway and expressway dangers, and nearly aloof as to how to properly navigate on the roadways.” Attaching a name to a situation, Head’s quick read sheds a humorous yet serious light into almost every conceivable traffic bumble.

D.C. Head has collaborated with G. and Ken Head to produce a book that, as they say, “is intended for everyone from all walks of life, from every corner of the world, of the legal driving age and even for those who don’t drive.” Readers are encouraged to take the quiz at the back of the book to see “where they fall on the cidiots chart” before delving into D.C.’s second book, which offers a fresh look at crazed roadway circumstances. By providing a dictionary of terms for those who would otherwise be labeled with the usual string of expletives, D.C. and her troupe have neatly compiled and categorized cidiots according to their connected bizarre traffic violations. Categories include topics such as merging, tailgating, lane crossing, and speed, to name a few, but with clever chapter headings.

Listed under a Table of Contents (with “Complaints” crossed out and replaced with “Contents”), D.C. et al include eye-catching cidiot titles. Examples include Um…What’s Merge?, Is Tailgating Rude?, Lanes: The Broken White Lines, and Speed: Ah, the Open Road. And while the titles may produce a chuckle or two, it only gets better with the cidiot terminology that includes phrases like The Psycho Cyclist, Cling-On, The Ass Wipe, and Truck Romance—again just to name a few. The last chapter is titled Driving Communication Specialists and is geared toward what cidiots are actually doing in their cars—and thus, the reason why they’re creating traffic issues. A few included in the colorful lineup are The Euphorian Drexter, The Decision Maker, and The Not-So Multi-Tasker.

Although The Little Handbook for Navigationally Challenged Cidiots is a rib-tickler from beginning to end, kudos to the authors for creating a handbook that “delivers the harsh truth about some of the common careless practices many people engage in while driving,” and for “conveying a serious message to the public to analyze themselves and others who operate motor vehicles.”