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No, and she admits I'm a better driver than her. We were both members of the IAM when we lived in the UK, and strove to set good examples to our son when he was learning to drive. Don't agree with some of the IAM mantra, but IMHO it's all about anticipation, reading the road, making allowances for other people making unexpected manoevres.
She likes driving fast, and is a little impatient. Her biggest fault these days, IMHO, is that she drives in a way that was once described to me as "ankle deep in pedals"! I accelerate gently & brake gently, she tends to accelerate harder, even if she can see that the traffic is stopped ahead, then brakes when we reach it. Me, I'd just gently squeeze the throttle to keep moving and then just brake gently at the end. She often accuses me of not braking in certain circumstances, e.g. on the motorway, when there is bunching ahead and you see a brake light come on, but the truth is, I am braking and judging my speed to avoid a bonnet-dipping moment as I approach the traffic. She'd tear up to the queue, then brake hard.
The same attribute gets me in trouble if I remind her we have to turn left (or right) - she approaches junctions faster than I think is appropriate, and signals later, so I think she's forgotten the turn. She hasn't, and I get my ear chewed off with the inevitable "I KNOW I've got to turn" :-(
On the upside. she's safe (with the proviso that she sometimes drives too fast for the circumstances), and confident, and handles the car well. I can sleep when she's cruising the autobahn at 100mph, so that must sy something!
There, got that off my chest. Can't tell her most of this otherwise I'd be in casualty! ,-)
Edited by Mike H on 31/08/2013 at 10:59
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