Please tell me it gets better. DS16 got his learners a few weeks ago and he is improving each time but I'm still so nervous every time we go for a drive. My palms literally get sweaty and I know with me being nervous it's just making him more nervous. Yesterday he told me to "chill" if only I could.
Oh hun. I'm sorry but I had to chuckle. DD1 is old enough to get hers too but has sworn that neither DF nor I will be teaching her and she wouldn't be caught dead driving our cars pmsl (tarago and Pajero) as they are so uncool. Not sure how she expects to learn to drive though.
hun I would be the same. I'm nervous now and she hasn't even gotten them yet d'oh
he told us too that he wasn't going to drive our car, falcon, but now he says it's a good "cruising" car. The problem with him is he thinks he is already an awesome driver and wants to be cool. So he's already starting to have his elbow resting and steer with one hand, oh and he likes to accelerate. Unfortunately DH doesn't have his licence so it's up to me. He keeps asking to drive into the city, I'm going to need some valium or something lol.
I'm not at that point yet (years away thank god) but can you look at getting him some professional lessons, the instructor will snap him out of the 'i'm an awesome driver relaxation point', maybe the instructor can take him into the city and you can deal with him after that?
My mum wouldn't get in a car to teach anyone after my aunt put her through a letterbox when they were younger so my step dad and dad taught me, but i gained more knowledge from the instructor and prob saved them a small heart attack.
Heh, haven't had to do it with DD yet but have played supervisor to a couple of friends learning to drive - nerve-wracking isn't it, especially when it's your car they'll break if it goes wrong Fortunately for me though, the mates I've been driving with have been the nervous type, so a different kettle of fish.
Overconfident boy driver hmmmm? Remind the little beggar that it's not a good idea to get into bad habits until AFTER he's got his licence as if he's in the habit of the one handed steer or elbow leaning he may well just slip up and do it in the test - which is an instant fail. And will justify you in giving him poo for a decent while after. A few professional lessons if you have the cash will also teach him the importance of doing things correctly as they'll pull him up on all those little things that will fail him his test.
No real advice on how to not be nervous - other than grit your teeth and hope he passes first go
Some driving lessons is a great idea, I told him just that, not to get into these habbits as then it's harder to get out of them. He told me when he's on his "P"s he'll teach me how to drive cool and not like a grandma .
I would not let the girls get their 'L's' until they had done the local driver course and get their 'L's' during that time.
I couldn't cope with teaching them said the was DH's job which he did and well. They both had a great instructor for the last few months and wouldn't take them to get their 'P's' until he was sure they could drive for life not to get their license.
A good instructor is worth his weight in gold. Make sure he allows you to go with them during a lesson, amazing how their driving changes with a parent in the back seat
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Any other supervisor drivers out there?
if only I could.
hun I would be the same. I'm nervous now and she hasn't even gotten them yet d'oh
he told us too that he wasn't going to drive our car, falcon, but now he says it's a good "cruising" car. The problem with him is he thinks he is already an awesome driver and wants to be cool. So he's already starting to have his elbow resting and steer with one hand, oh and he likes to accelerate. Unfortunately DH doesn't have his licence so it's up to me. He keeps asking to drive into the city, I'm going to need some valium or something lol.
so my step dad and dad taught me, but i gained more knowledge from the instructor and prob saved them a small heart attack.
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