What are parents like when you speed?

Phate

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Phate

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Hi all,

Sometimes when I take Dad down the pub (25 min drive) before I've even pulled off the driveway he's like "now take it easy for god's sake"

And then sometimes I let him drive and he overtakes whenever possible (we live in a Jerry actricks area) and is pretty much gunning it.

I don't mind him doing it and I'm perfectly comfortable with it as well, and have perfect confidence.

But last night on the way home as we were coming on the motorway I came on the entrance ramp in the left hand lane and we were behind a 525i and Dad was like
"you gonna overtake him then or what?"

he wasn't going particuarly slow or anything, but I put my footdown overtook him, and entered the motorway and quite happily sat at 90 - 100 all the way home and he wasn't bothered by it in the slightest. :confused:

So what are you parents like with you when in the car? do they mind you speeding providing your not about to kill them?
 
Never driven with dad so ill quote mum.



"SLOW DOWN!!! YOUR GOING TO FAST!!! YOU DONT NEED TO TAKE OFF SO FAST!!! DONT TAKE CORNERS LIKE THAT!!!"

:rolleyes: :(


When i overtake i get yelled at so much :(

Edit: I dont even need to be speeding, I could be going 10kms or more under the limit and she will still be like that :(
 
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My mothers not too bad unless theres speed cameras about then shes mrs paranoid, I dont drive too quick when shes in the car generally though. Step dad never comments on my driving.
 
nope my old mans a hooligan going through a midlife crisis, quite happy throwing his m3 sideways like a berk
 
Phate said:
Hi all,

Sometimes when I take Dad down the pub (25 min drive) before I've even pulled off the driveway he's like "now take it easy for god's sake"
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:D

My dad is mr safety #1, I was driving the two of us to view the bimmer the other week over to sway which is 31 miles away from here and it was a fairly wet motorway that day and windy, atm i drive a civic 3 door hatch and every time i went above 60 he's like "slow down slow down! this car will fall over in the wind" and various words to that effect. I laughed in my mind as he's always like that. I guess his reasoning is that the civic is an N reg and is too old to be driven like a modern car and could break down or fall apart easily (though unlikely as I've driven it to stoke and back several times without a single issue)
 
I get the safety messages before i set off on my motorbike.
"Now you take is easy"...."Dont go to fast",
Myself i very rarely speed...Speed isnt that great to me, I prefer acceleration, The feeling of gettin to 60 in such a short time space is fantastic. They have also said once that i am quite "Wreckless", i asked what they based this on and they replyed "Well you take the revs very high", its got 11000+ RPM might aswell use it :cool:
 
My mother has always been a jittery passenger but since and accident in which she nearly died a few years back she's even worse (understandable really). Whenever she's in the car I have to drive like a pensioner, 60mph tops on motorways. Oh well, at least I get 60mpg at that speed :)
 
I don't often drive my parents, but if I do I tend to watch the driving a bit more carefully :) When my mum is driving I'm the worst back seat driver ever (only when she is driving though :confused: ).. I'm always nagging for not spotting spaces between cars, for not looking ahead and being more smooth than stopping at every junction/roundabout even if it's clear.
 
My mum goes into a state of panic, but the irony is im not an easily scared person but I feel like im gonna be knocking on deaths door when im passenger in her funky little Jazz.

She brakes really really late, has zero anticipation and thinks she's queen of the road in her little Jazz. A new thing amongst other Jazz drivers I know, but both myself and my dad are wondering when shes gonna have that big accident.

We tell her to slow down. With me she shrugs me off like a stoned teenager, and she just goes mental at my dad.
 
My mum and dad aren't the biggest speeders in the world when it comes to high speed roads. My dad will happily sit at 40 in a 30, but 70 in a 60 is too much, likewise 80 in a 70 is "pushing it".

My mum commutes on the A13 (Main stretch in to London from Essex) in the mornings, and so has taken to driving quite fast on main roads - cruising at about 85.

They are okay with speed, but it's other aspects of my parent's driving that annoy me more than anything. My mum is a chronic tailgater, following at a parking distance. She's also very much stuck in "driving routines" as well, and will change down to 2nd if she approaches an empty roundabout... even at 35. She will then go from 35-37 in 2nd, then change in to third :confused:
 
My parents laugh at me and remind me that speeding tends to cost quite a lot of money if you lose it. Cant remember the last time they were actually in the car with me, probably while i was learning, so obviously got the speeding lecture and how i was not going to pass if driving this quickly.
 
My mother is a terrible driver and a worse passenger. She's one of those drivers who will happily sit in 4th up to 60 or 70 in normal driving conditions until you remind her that 5th is not just for Christmas. She has zero spatial awareness, etc etc.

In the car with me, no matter how I drive, she grips the door handle and the Jesus Christ handle until her knuckles are white. I try and ignore it.

I don't see my Dad that often and I don't actually think he's ever been in the car with me since I passed my test but he's a far better driver and far more rational than my Mum so I can't see him being the same.
 
My mother doesn't drive and my father drives a BMW M6, need I say more? :p

Actually I don't really get many comments one way or the other, they got out of that habbit a good few years ago now.
 
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My parents - these days - would'nt say a word, they know I can drive and know how to where & when etc.

About 15 years back, neither would have got in the car with me in the first place! :o :D
 
My parents usually let me drive when we go on big trips, especially abroad. They trust my driving more than each others :p They're fine with my driving they know I'm a good driver and hence feel comfortable with me taking over. Actually they've often both slept whilst I was driving! How about that for trust!

In my car I do like to gun it though, and they don't mind it either, as I don't take silly risks or behave like a prat. They used to tell me off when I was younger, however they seem to have accepted that I'm not reckless. :)

They'll never go out with me by bike however! :p
 
My folks are happy enough to fall asleep when I'm driving, too, so I suppose I must be doing something right :p

Although the first time my mum was a passenger in my current tank, she commented that it seemed much livelier than my previous motor :D

Then again, they are both over 70 now.

Alan Woodford
 
I get continuously screamed at, my mum holds on to the seat... goes on about me loosing my licence, about there being no point going so fast, I'm going to write the car off, kill a child...

it's non stop :/ she was worse when i was learning to drive a times, she sais she trusts me now :rolleyes: but dispute that sais all of the above except she doesn't hold on the seat so much... mainly the seatbelt now.
 
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