How do you drive?

Perfectly [haloemoticon]

I try to be a courteous driver at all times, and this applies to my general interaction with others in everyday life too. I even have a halo and angel wings decorating the rear Honda logo on my car! [smug emoticon]

I do it sitting in the passenger seat. Never short of offers.

#notactuallydrivingassuch

I was told once by a male friend that I was an aggressive driver! I think he confused that with competent

Usually politely and carefully, as I will tell the tutors on the Speed Awareness Course I have to take next month . I confess I was dashing too much, just days before my son's wedding when there was just too much to try to squeeze into one day. And that's all I'm prepared to say till I've spoken to my brief

when Ooops! It's that young rebel in you.

Mortified! I'm going with a paper bag over my head!

Not necessarily. They could be picky perfectionists, who see the flaws in arguments and are equally picky and perfectionist about their driving.

DH had to do one of those when. Can't tell you what it was like - he won't talk about it!

I'm a patient driver - no, really! If someone does something stupid, I express my disapproval (euphemism), though only to myself. when, you'd be surprised at the people who turn up at those speed awareness courses (me - and most of my family).A university prof found himself on the same course as a bishop. So take your head out of that paper bag.

Much too hesitantly, according to my husband.

flickety or other people's driving!

There is a huge, huge.
difference between aggressive and defensive drivers

I do believe that professional drivers are taught to drive devensivly!!

The only safe way to drive is with the awareness ever present in your mind that every other road user is potentially a maniac. Double that if it's a motorbike you're driving.

I've done two of those when - that's how I know I'm perfect!! [Smile]

I drive defensively, especially since being broadsided in a horrendous road accident 25 years ago, caused by young men in a stolen car crashing through a red light. I actually had to take a course of driving lessons to get back my confidence, and I had a brilliant young instructor who gave me some good advice. Amongst his gems were - Drive for yourself, the car in front of you and the car behind you. On a blind bend, always imagine that someone has broken down just round the corner. Remember that if people drove as they had been taught to drive, there would be far fewer accidents.

Hmm. I drive by sticking to the rules and trying to be aware of what other road users and pedestrians are doing. I did recently call the police about another driver when I was a passenger in our car recently. The car I reported was being driven dangerously immediately in front of us and I would hazard a guess that the driver was extremely inebriated as he was weaving from one side of the road to the other and several times he actually mounted the verge. Fortunately he was driving quite slowly, but we were very worried that an accident would happen.

I can`t drive, but if I did, I`d almost certainly be a hesitant and timid driver.

How do I drive? About a thousand miles a week less than I did before I retired 2 years ago. [huge relief emoticon]

How do I drive ? from the back seat

I am a confident driver. I love driving. I do a lot of mileage each year both here and abroad and have been told that passengers feel safe with me. Even late DH said he felt most comfortable with me driving rather than anyone else, which was praise indeed. I do feel I sometimes drive too fast, but I think no.1 priority is to be totally aware of other road users , look ahead, behind and all around and anticipate the unexpected at all times. I try to be polite - giving way and waving thanks etc. but I do quite a lot of shouting and swearing under my breath at idiot drivers 'what the heck did you do that for!', 'what a * * * * * plonker' 'come on, today would do' and other choice phrases . Basically, a car is a killing machine if not used appropriately. Not sure if this puts me in the aggressive GN poster category - I hope not!

Marmight you have reminded me of the story of the little boy who asked his mother,
'Mummy, where are the b*ggers today? We always see them when Daddy drives!'
Careful next time you're driving your DGCs

I am also grateful that I don't have to drive all the time as I did when I was working. Here in France I have learnt to drive much more defensively, expect to find people coming round a bend on the wrong side because they are not used to meeting other cars on our country lanes and how to interpret where people are going because most French cars appear not to have been fitted with indicators.