I had forgotten how frightening new drivers are
 

Daughter No 2 finally past her test last month. Age 30. She never had any interest in driving. but circumstances change and she had to do it. 4th attempt.

So I have given her the wife's old car that has been stuck on the drive for the past 2 years whilst she actually gets a licence.

MOT passed this afternoon. She turns up to say she has insurance and I kindly pay the tax. But as the fuel is 2 years old off we go to fill up. Me in the passenger seat.

Clutch in, into first. I am already nervous. she forgot to release the handbrake.

I show her how to remove the fuel cap and she spins round hose in hand and pulls the nozzle lever before inserting it. Petrol on my jeans.

We go to pay, nervously I say watch the bollards and she stops that far away that she needs to get out in order to put her card in the kiosk machine.

So on way back, revving like hell, I suggest she pull the lever back to engage second rather than keep trying to push it through the first gear gate.

So turn into my estate. Aggh. you cannot do 15mph in 4th.

Blind bend with cars parked on the near side. Don't turn in. Look first.


God, there is a car coming down, he has priority and isn't realising she is an inexperienced driver first time behind a wheel since passing her test. She gets the idea she needs to pull in and give way. But the 15 plate 530d parked to the side is just crying out at me. Did she even see it was there. No she just got out the way of the oncoming car.


Well we thought no point getting her a decent car. Even her fella reckons she will have written it off by the end of the month. Still it is now off my drive. She is legal. What can go wrong.


Just keep away from Preston for the next month whilst she gets some experience. Me I am off for a couple of large ones to calm my nerves.

Re: I had forgotten how frightening new drivers are
 

you forgot the most important detail

what colour is it?

Re: I had forgotten how frightening new drivers are
 

Red. so the blood of her victims will merge.

Re: I had forgotten how frightening new drivers are
 

As long as she avoids royalty or vulcans.

Re: I had forgotten how frightening new drivers are
 

I know how you feel Tim. My daughter had to reverse her little Kia off the drive the other night. Took about 5 minutes almost hit the wall and then reversed within 2 inches of me even though she had a clear path past. Scary stuff

Re: I had forgotten how frightening new drivers are
 

I'm guessing you were perfect when you passed?

Re: I had forgotten how frightening new drivers are
 

Stu's best mate paid for his wife to take her test and bought her a car - she's about 26 and has all the brains of a pork pie. Her driving is seriously scary even after a year. She puts the sat nav on then drives looking at that and not the road even when she's just off to work. So far she's dinked or scraped just about every panel in the work car park.

Then again Stu scraped the front bumper and wing of my beloved car into the wall of a car park last week despite the fact we have parking sensors all round! He's had a licence 26 years.

Re: I had forgotten how frightening new drivers are
 

Well I didn't scare myself, like she scared me yesterday.

today, she tries to set off without actually starting it, rolls it backward down hill and then wonders why it is going nowhere when she lets the clutch out!





My first car was written off 2 months after I passed.

By a police car that ran into the back of it.

He could not stop on the ice that had caused the cattle truck to run into the front of it.

I should have claimed personal injuries for my neck, but back in the 70s we were all honest.