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Originally Posted by multiweb
... For the record he has already rear-ended a 4x4 after being told to slow down for a little while couple of months ago. ...
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I trust that provided appropriate stimulation to the hip-pocket nerve?
My problem was that I was a (fairly) skilled, alert, focused driver and couldn't appreciate that not everyone on the road was as skilled or paying as much attention as me - this despite having been driven by my mother for years!
We all know that some other road users lack basic skills, others might be watching the kids or could have just had an argument with their spouse, or are just aggressive turkeys, or ... or for any number of other reasons are not driving as well as they should and that
we have to make allowances for these people or wind up in an accident. But how do you get that into a teenager's head? It took me years to learn but luckily there was minimal damage done. I'm all for advanced driver training but an hour in the passenger's seat next to granddad might also be educational.