Driving one around the bend (8)
I believe the answer is:
steering
'driving' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
I don't understand the rest of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for steering that I've seen before include "-- Committee; -- wheel" , "Guiding or showing the way" , "Con's activity" , "Guiding and directing, say a car" , "This wheel guides using integers" .)