I've had my permit since March and am still currently learning how to drive. Although I am progressing and becoming a better driver, my mom still gets extreemely nervous everytime we are in the car together. Even when I'm not driving, she is pointing things out and telling me what "I should have done in that situation."
Because of her nerves, my mom has taken those window stickers that say "new driver", and has put them on the back window of our cars. Although I dislike the sticker and protested at first, I eventually let my mom keep it on the car. This was fine, until my mom kept getting nervous and decided to take it a step further. She wants to buy new driver magnets and put one on every side of the car! This way, she says that other drivers will keep their distance from me, and will drive with more caution, because they know that I am not as experienced. I don't think that these magnets are actually a way of making me a better driver, but making my mom calm down. Even if other drivers drive with caution around me, once I take the magnets off I will have to adjust to how drivers normally drive, anyway.
For those of you with parents who are as nervous as my mom is, I would suggest giving them tips on how to calm down in a tense situation, and just remind them that you are learning how to drive.
Because of her nerves, my mom has taken those window stickers that say "new driver", and has put them on the back window of our cars. Although I dislike the sticker and protested at first, I eventually let my mom keep it on the car. This was fine, until my mom kept getting nervous and decided to take it a step further. She wants to buy new driver magnets and put one on every side of the car! This way, she says that other drivers will keep their distance from me, and will drive with more caution, because they know that I am not as experienced. I don't think that these magnets are actually a way of making me a better driver, but making my mom calm down. Even if other drivers drive with caution around me, once I take the magnets off I will have to adjust to how drivers normally drive, anyway.
For those of you with parents who are as nervous as my mom is, I would suggest giving them tips on how to calm down in a tense situation, and just remind them that you are learning how to drive.
3 comments:
you are so lucky that your mom practices with you ! I'm learning driving too but my mom never practices with me because she's afraid that I might cause a accident. I think all parents are the same when dealing with driving especially moms by being over protective because they're more cautious and doens't want us to get in to any accidents.
This was fine, until my mom kept getting nervous and decided to take it a step further.
Lol. my mom just shakes when i drive. Its so scary and distracting... and its not like im that bad either.
I guess I'm lucky that my parents aren't really nervous at all when I drive but I'm sure they get a little tense sometimes. You made an excellent point when you said that you’re going to have to learn how people normally drive when the magnets are gone. I’m sure your mom will become more calm about the whole situation.
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