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Driving involves controlling a vehicle, usually a motor vehicle such as a truck, bus, motorcycle, or car (for bicycles and animals, and at least in the UK, motorcycles, the activity is called riding).

Driving consists of knowing how to operate the mechanisms which control the speed and direction (which in technical terminology are both components of the velocity), and the braking of the vehicle, but especially how to do so safely.

The skill of safe driving is necessary to avoid collisions, which kill many thousands of people annually. Safe driving is much more than following the rules of the road. It goes beyond that into the cultivation of good habits, maintaining attention, and a thoughtful, cooperative attitude that avoids and prevents accidents: defensive driving.

See also Driver's license, Highway Code (official UK driving manual).

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-'''Driving''' involves controlling a [[vehicle]], usually a [[motor vehicle]] such as a [[truck]], [[bus]], [[motorcycle]], or [[automobile|car]] (for [[bicycle]]s and [[animal]]s it is called riding).
+'''Driving''' involves controlling a [[vehicle]], usually a [[motor vehicle]] such as a [[truck]], [[bus]], [[motorcycle]], or [[automobile|car]] (for [[bicycle]]s and [[animal]]s, and at least in the UK, motorcycles, the activity is called riding).
-How to drive consists of knowing how to operate the mechanisms which control the speed, and direction, indeed the [[velocity]] in the technical sense as a vector consisting of speed and direction; and the braking of the vehicle, but especially of how to do so safely.
+Driving consists of knowing how to operate the mechanisms which control the speed and direction (which in technical terminology are both components of the [[velocity]]), and the braking of the vehicle, but especially how to do so safely.
-Skill at safe driving is necessary to avoid [[collision]]s; they kill many thousands of people annually. Safe driving is much more than following the [[rules of the road]]; it goes beyond that into the cultivation of good habits, maintaining attention, and a thoughtful cooperative attitude that avoids and prevents accidents, defensive driving.
+The skill of safe driving is necessary to avoid [[collision]]s, which kill many thousands of people annually. Safe driving is much more than following the [[rules of the road]].  It goes beyond that into the cultivation of good habits, maintaining attention, and a thoughtful, cooperative attitude that avoids and prevents accidents: defensive driving.
-See also [[Driver's license]].
+See also [[Driver's license]], [[Highway Code]] (official UK driving manual).