Teaching my wife to drive

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

I trained my wife on the parking lot. Then I let my dad take her out on local roads. Then before the actual road test I got her 4 sessions with an instructor. She has her license now. But she still doesn't feel confident enough to drive on the highways. One of these days I gotta take her out at like 5am I think.

[Jasman0717 8]

I am sending Claudeth to a driving school!

[nayalamb 0]

i am definitely going to driving school! i am too neurotic to sit in the car with jig teaching me. tried that before and i totally lost focus. i can function fairly well at home but in philly you have to deal with highways, crazy intersections (2 of the nation's deadliest are right here), insane drivers, one way roads, and all kinds of rules that we either don't have or pointedly ignore. besides, jig has a stick and i never learned how to master it.

[silvanski 1]

any comments :

Good luck and stay safe

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

besides, jig has a stick and i never learned how to master it.

[Mand 1]

My Dad taught my mother, myself, my brother and 4 of my 6 sisters (others are too young) to drive...And he has a big head of white hair to show for it

When he was teaching me, I was at the crossroads to our road and there was oncoming traffic. I mumbled to myself "Will I chance it?"....My Dad nearly had a seizure!! so I figured it was best to wait until I KNEW i could make the turn and not drive my poor Father demented!!

I also took 4 lessons with an instructor before my driving test to become familiar to the route I'd be taken(about 5 miles) and all the little things they would fail you for...coasting (keeping your foot on the clutch too long), curve turning, etc. However none of those apply here in the U.S. though, so I'll stop rambling on like an eejit

[pedroh 21]

lawl

[Yodrak 7]

tracyandoksana,

I'm with most of the others, I paid for my wife to go to driving school even though she'd been driving for 15 years already - but in a country where driving style and habits are considerably different from the USA.

They also prepped her for the written test.

Yodrak

any comments :

[Dood Wala 0]

I had the same question wether to teach my wife how to drive or not. My wife has never driven before so it was a tough task for me. First i thought i'll teach her how to drive, i started giving her some lessons on how to do general things, then i asked her to sit in the driving seat and drive. As soon she started driving, after 5 seconds i told her to pull over and come back to passenger seat. She started driving in the other lane with no control on the wheels. My friends told me the samething that DON'T DO IT!!!! its hard to teach and thinking that you won't get mad at them. So i quit....but then i called the Driving school they charge close to $50/hour, so i took a chance by teaching her. Its been 1 month and now she can drive in a residential area without going over 20mph. I will hire pro's to teach her how to drive on the streets and freeways but i don't think instructors will care so much about basic teachings. So i wanted to teach her that but honestly it is really tough. i get really mad sometimes especially when she makes the same mistakes 2-3 times in row. such as; forget to signal, forget to look over the shoulder etc.....

Anyways i recomend the school too....its tough to teach someone how to drive especially to one you are in love with....

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

i get really mad sometimes especially when she makes the same mistakes 2-3 times in row. such as; forget to signal, forget to look over the shoulder etc.....

What really gets me is when they confuse the break and gas pedals...

[ChristinaM 0]

What really gets me is when they confuse the break and gas pedals...

I think every car should have a "break" pedal

I'm sorry ET, I'm not following you round hassling you, I promise!

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

What really gets me is when they confuse the break and gas pedals...

I think every car should have a "break" pedal

I'm sorry ET, I'm not following you round hassling you, I promise!

Damn. That's what happens when I think back of those times.

Or maybe I just need a little break. Or do I need a brake?

[rbhigday 0]

I spent a few months trying to teach Silvia how to drive and realized that was the worst thing in the world

So we went and hired an instructor for her, now she has more confidence and I do not yell or stress out when she drives.

[Miranda&James 8]

You know, funnily enough James taught me how to drive stick (no jokes ) when he was here in the USA last summer. My mom had tried to teach me, and she did ok, but it had been so long since she learned it was hard for her to remember all the details, for her it was "natural" and James had only just been taught all of this in the UK because he got his license not too long ago and had professional lessons. He was a really good teacher Now, other things he tries to teach, nah uh, I'm stubborn (don't mention bowling )!

Edited March 3, 2006 by James_and_Miranda

[iteq 0]

wow I most have been an exceptional learner

My wife took me to a parking lot and showed me the basics, and a couple of trips on less traveled roads before I got my learners permit, had that for a week and passed the drivers test.

Don't think there was any yelling at any point

A couple of days later I got my first taste of rushhour highways when I started a job 60 miles away from where we live