How old was you when you learned to drive? (page 2)

xjw_b12

Thanks Brummie. I think I understand now. So you never got your driver's licence, because you never had to. But now you are in " the rurals " and you need to drive to go from A to B.

Sorry, long day and brain fade.

Definately, take driving lessons....just don't hire Mr Bean, nor James Bond for that matter.

One word of advice.

Always look 1 - 2 city blocks ahead while driving. In country driving that means,just keep looking at the middle of the road as it meets the horizon. and you will find that the vehicle will naturally centre itself.

Oh.....and no looking at the birds.......ya know the Austin Power variety.....they can be very distracting.

Good Luck Friend.

Brummie

mommy taxi service

LOL!

Oh.....and no looking at the birds.......ya know the Austin Power variety.....they can be very distracting

Does this mean I'll fail if I roll the window down and beep the horn during the lesson?

Brummie

QCA1

Hi Brummie

I know just how you feel, i was 40 when i started to drive and boy was i scared. I was told it is a lot harder when your older which i quess could be true.

I was learning for about 6yrs,please don't let that put you off, i crashed into my own garage, after many lessons i was still nervous and this particular day my son asked if i could move the car forward so he could play basket ball, i said sure i will, so i got in the car and bingo i took the garage door down and breeze blocks with it. My son was horrified and also scared to actually get in the car when i was driving. It cost a few hundred pound to get it all fixed.

My son refused to get into the car until i had passed my test. I failed the 1st time passed the 2nd and i felt brillant it is true what they say it's a great feeling, but i still don't drive very far,Nottingham is out of the question,Mansfield a maybe. I'm still nervous i quess.

Go for it Brummie you'll be fine.

qca1

Englishman

Oh what a relief this post is!

I know the little village where Brummie lives, it must have a traffic flow of er um at least 6 cars an hour, so I can't see him colliding with much once he's wearing his L plates.

Back to the relief. Because we hadn't seen you, we assumed that this was because you:

(a) Had 2 heads

(b) Were the shy retiring type ( I know, a quiet Brummie, impossible eh?)

(c) Were banned from driving.

Now we know that none of this is true, so I suggest that you ask our American friends for advice on driving on the left, negotiating roundabouts and driving along single tracxk roads.

Englishman.

Hamas

Its actually ' How old WERE you when you learned to drive ? '

Big Tex

Don't feel bad Brumm. I had to re-take my driver's education class because the first instructor scared the hell out of me so badly I couldn't drive. So all the kids in my class knew I flunked out and had to take it again. But I passed and now I'm an excellent driver. Hhhmmm, sounds like Dustin Hoffman in 'Rain Man'. Yeah. I'm an excellent driver. Dad lets me drive slow on the driveway.

If I were you I'd be more worried about those narrow English roads with a lorry coming the other way. Now THAT is scary.

nightwarrior

HI BRUMMIE As in your name br br br broom broom broom around the village green we go knocking down the policeman and postman pat brom broom NO brummie you shouldnot act like that To solve your problem sit behind the local bus driver,which comes through your village once a week ,???? Being seriouse you know you have a 2 part test ,ist on theory couple weeks latter the actual driving test, FIRSTLY STUDY THE NEW HIGHWAY CODE BOOKLET. Find a friend whom owns a car and then have them take you out for practice drives whenever possible ,have himdrive you around the area where you are taking your test which possibly will be the nearest town, ( THE REST IS UP TO YOU )GOOD LUCK

Sentinel

When I was in High School, my mother's father got her an older model car, to help her get on her feet and be a bit more independent from my controlling father. After the car was delivered, dad forbid mom to learn to drive it and told her she was too dumb and stupid to "make an embarrassment" out of her attempts. He also told her he wouldn't pay the car insurance. Being the dutiful JW wife she was--he won. She never learned to drive.

However, while that car was in the driveway, until dad had it taken away, I decided to learn how to drive it ----all by myself. I got pretty good at it too, just driving in and out the long driveway. I don't believe dad ever knew about it. I was sure proud of myself. I even gave my sibblings little rides. But, dad wouldn't let me get my license either. He said he wouldn't let a girl drive "his" car. We lived in the country, and I had no one but dad to depend on. So I waited....

I patiently waited until I had saved up some money of my own, by walking to all the jobs I took, after we moved into town. I did lots of walking in those days--and I Pioneered too. Finally, I decided that I wanted to really learn how to drive and buy my own used car. I asked dad to help me. He had a stick shift, which I was uncertain about, and he had such an attitude about me driving--about any woman driving, that he was cruel to me. So, I got another sweet oldeer JW friend to assist me. I got my learners permit on my own and she gave me lessons, which just happened to be in the darkness of night due to the time of year. So strange to learn how to drive in the dark. I was so proud to get my license--again, with my JW friend assisting me. I got 100 percent on the written test and on the road test. Driving in the light was strange at first. More trafic and more things to "see". My eyes were darting everywhere.

Then I decided I was going to get my first car. Dad never really said that he was proud of my test results, but he did agree to help me find a car, and he even gave me some money to help pay for it. In his own way, I suppose he was proud of me; he just couldn't let on. I was nearly 21 years old by that time. It was a real event in our family.

Francois

I was raised mostly in the sticks. I was driving a tractor by the age of ten, and driving a standard transmission by eleven. Of course, I didn't get my license 'till I was 16.

francois

How old was you when you learned to drive?

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