Motorway driving course

phoenix I'm sure it's just a matter of practice. For orthopaedic reasons I couldn't drive for about a year and the thought of motorways made me quiver. I've screwd up my courage so as to visit dd and DGD 47miles away up the M5 and I'm getting used to it again. I still haven't faced driving in Bristol though!

Not a rubbish suggestion at all phoenix - I'll think about this.

My DD1 became almost phobic about driving and she had to for her job, so she did some hypnotherapy and it seems to have worked. She is also on an antidepressant and this reduces her anxiety.

I was wondering about a car equivalent of those dap diffusers that you use for dogs to calm them down. In fact, there seem to be so many of us with the same problem maybe we should patent it, make a fortune and then employ a chauffeur; it's a cunning plan but it might just work .

Good idea Tegan. As often it's reassuring and helpful to find others have similar problems. For me it's not motorways but reversing and parking which seem to have become really scary.

I used to be a brilliant reverser (not just my opinion, I was often complemented on my reversing, although the compliment was sometimes tempered by "for a woman" type remarks ) but I have found that since wearing varifocals I do find it much, much harder.

Ah! phoenix, I hadn't thought of that excuse reason for my little scrapes and scratches...

phoenix - the answer to your question as to how much it costs is .........wait for it........£329! - for a day course - I don't think so!!!

IAM Skill for Life course is spread over six months - all for £139!

DriveCheck55 is £35

Some great advice here - makes me think as I often think I prefer M-ways as you don't have to worry about directions, as long as you know which junction to get off at, but I agree about "bullying" HGV drivers. I know they have deadlines to meet and I know that they are experienced (I think) but I do worry about their field of vision when they are LH drive vehicles and I hate it when one of them tries to overtake another on a hill (!)and the only way past is to brave the fast lane and floor the accelerator! I really don't like going too fast and left to my own devices would be quite happy to tootle along in the inside lane at 60mph which would also be economical on fuel! It is wonderful when there are no or very few lorries as happened at Christmas. In Germany commercial HGVs can't use the Autobahn on Sundays, I understand, what a good idea that would be here.