At the young age of 31, I'm finally learning to drive.
There was plenty of talk, offers of finacial support, plus a few lessions from various family memebers, to learn when I hit 17. But growing up in London, I never really felt the need to, due to the ease of public transport.
However since moving out of London, I reliased how screwed I was, especially when my dad suffered a burst aneurysm in his stomach and I had to rely on other people to run me back and forth from the hospital.
I've chalked up 16 hours of lessons so far and my instructor has given me his blessing to practice on my own, obviously with a qualified driver. So I now have, achieved some degree of freedom.
One thing I'm quite dismissed at is that how many bad drivers there seem to be on the road, as a non-driver I never paid attention, but now that I have some clue as to what I'm doing, every time I'm out of the road I see something that shocks me!
My boss always told me I would be safe on the road.
"All the other drivers on the road will be more experinced then you and they will avoid you. Nobody wants an accident"
Where as my driving instructor told me.
"Assume everyone's an idiot, make your own decisions and don't trust the other drivers."
So far my driving instructor seems to be right.
Are there any other late learners out there like me?
There was plenty of talk, offers of finacial support, plus a few lessions from various family memebers, to learn when I hit 17. But growing up in London, I never really felt the need to, due to the ease of public transport.
However since moving out of London, I reliased how screwed I was, especially when my dad suffered a burst aneurysm in his stomach and I had to rely on other people to run me back and forth from the hospital.
I've chalked up 16 hours of lessons so far and my instructor has given me his blessing to practice on my own, obviously with a qualified driver. So I now have, achieved some degree of freedom.
One thing I'm quite dismissed at is that how many bad drivers there seem to be on the road, as a non-driver I never paid attention, but now that I have some clue as to what I'm doing, every time I'm out of the road I see something that shocks me!
My boss always told me I would be safe on the road.
"All the other drivers on the road will be more experinced then you and they will avoid you. Nobody wants an accident"
Where as my driving instructor told me.
"Assume everyone's an idiot, make your own decisions and don't trust the other drivers."
So far my driving instructor seems to be right.
Are there any other late learners out there like me?
