What are parents like when you speed?
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My dad's fine as long as I don't do stupid speeds. He's happy to let me go along at 85, whereas my mum gets that look where you know she's thinking "Slow down slow down for the love of all that is holy SLOW DOWN!"
They're both very happy to let me drive long trips so they must have some confidence in me.
They're both very happy to let me drive long trips so they must have some confidence in me.
My mum drives pretty fast. I’ve had her in the car speeding a bit quite a few times, and she is ok with it. But she will be shouting watch that pedestrian as the safely cross the road 100m ahead.
My dad on the other hand is a terrible passenger he starts shouting slow down when I reach national speed limit. Last time he was in the car with me someone cut across the front of me on a roundabout and he had a go at me, I thought I did quite well not to hit them!
My dad on the other hand is a terrible passenger he starts shouting slow down when I reach national speed limit. Last time he was in the car with me someone cut across the front of me on a roundabout and he had a go at me, I thought I did quite well not to hit them!
my parents are fine i can drive at speed and cruise at 85-90mph regularly witht hem in the car not saying anything, even if i am drving my dads car rather than my own.I dont change my driving style at all with my parents in the car.As long as i drive smoothly comfertably and safely why would there be an issue?
i think the difference comes with technique i dont go full throttle everywhere acelerate stupidly harshly just drive smooth and make good progress, i dont try to break adhesion limits when cornering to throw my parents against the passenger windows and i wont sit there revving the car to the red line, i just drive normally as i would any other day. if i want to play i do it on my own, there is no need to drive like that all the time
as a passenger there is negligable difference to notice the diference of 70mph-85mph in most modern cars unless your looking at the speedo.
i think the difference comes with technique i dont go full throttle everywhere acelerate stupidly harshly just drive smooth and make good progress, i dont try to break adhesion limits when cornering to throw my parents against the passenger windows and i wont sit there revving the car to the red line, i just drive normally as i would any other day. if i want to play i do it on my own, there is no need to drive like that all the time
as a passenger there is negligable difference to notice the diference of 70mph-85mph in most modern cars unless your looking at the speedo.
helpimcrap said:
That got a full LOL from me.
I made the mistake of overtaking a car with my mum behind me (i didn't realise) on a road i know like the back of my hand, and everything was safe. Dear god, the amounts of "my heart skipped a beat when i saw you do that!", "you shouldn't go fast like that" and "what if there had been a car coming the other way!!" i got were unbelievable. She also does the Jesus handles thing and tenses up.
My dad on the other hand, oh my god. He does the "imaginary brakes" thing (everyone must have seen this), where he stomps his foot to the floor in a vain hope that a brake peddle has spouted on the passenger side. He is the worst.
One of the funniest memories I have of my late father is taking him out in my Citroen ZX 16v the day after I bought it. He was a stubborn old sod and, having driven taxis for 20 years, refused to ever wear a seatbelt. I did warn him as he got into the car but he didn't listen so the first empty roundabout I came to I flung it in and coming off, as the car regained grip, he somehow ended up literally falling across the cabin, almost into my lap. I must have laughed for hours afterwards.
My mum... she's a very nervous passenger. She would always tell me I was driving too fast until I pointed out that she has racked up a total of 4000 miles since passing her test whilst I've done 100,000+. My accident count = 0, hers = 1. Therefore until I crash, she can STFU. That kinda worked. She much prefers my new car after I showed her where all the airbags deploy from..... 
Oh and the "imaginary brakes" thing.... I do that all the time when I'm a passenger. I just can't help it
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My mum... she's a very nervous passenger. She would always tell me I was driving too fast until I pointed out that she has racked up a total of 4000 miles since passing her test whilst I've done 100,000+. My accident count = 0, hers = 1. Therefore until I crash, she can STFU. That kinda worked
. She much prefers my new car after I showed her where all the airbags deploy from..... Oh and the "imaginary brakes" thing.... I do that all the time when I'm a passenger. I just can't help it
.Well i'm technically still learning but even though i've been doing so for a good couple of years now (never got round to actually taking the test yet), my mum still struggles to trust me.
"Don't wrench the gearbox like that!"
"Be careful!"
"Red light!"
...to name but a few.
I think it's just because she's getting old. When we go on journeys you can always find her driving on the inside lane all the way, somewhere between 50 and 55. I'm seriously wondering if she knows FIFTH GEAR exists.
"Don't wrench the gearbox like that!"
"Be careful!"
"Red light!"
...to name but a few.
I think it's just because she's getting old. When we go on journeys you can always find her driving on the inside lane all the way, somewhere between 50 and 55. I'm seriously wondering if she knows FIFTH GEAR exists.
Since dad got ill i spend a lot of time driving him to and from hospital visits and days out, he used to commute Edinburgh - London and back weekly and is in general a safe driver and his driving style along with Durz's have rubbed off on me. So when i'm driving he is perfectly happy whatever speed i do as long as it is safe.
Mum is VERY rarely in my car, in fact i think she has only been in it once. It scared her, not that i drove fast, but that i was driving She is awful in the car no antisipation about anything, especially traffic lights.
Mum is VERY rarely in my car, in fact i think she has only been in it once. It scared her, not that i drove fast, but that i was driving
She is awful in the car no antisipation about anything, especially traffic lights.Townlea said:My dad is worse than me and all my mates...
He shocks the life out of them when he goes down the local bypass at 140+
He is reconized as cool to them
So its me telling him to slow down a little bit
haha i always remember this from many years ago
2 of me mates in the back , there and my expensive bikes on a bike rack.....his new work car....look son its managed 120 down this hill....
