i need suggestions!!! i'm so angry!! "student drivers"

What a complete arrogant a$$hole, everyone was a learner at one stage..This annoy the hell out of me...I know here in Australia if you get their number plate and report it, they will be called in to do their test again, that annoys a lot of people with the fear of losing their liscence...

Unfortunatly there is no way to avoid road rage such as you experienced. It is so tense teaching a young person to drive as it is without the bull. I know...I have taught 3 of my girls to drive with one to go. I do think being vocal about such issues may raise public awareness. These impatient people need to realize that there are new and inexperienced drivers on the road...even those with experience often have to deal with these impatient,angry fools. Get the licence # if possible and call it in! The police will speak to the driver and if there are too many complaints they will do something about it. Another thought for these drivers...Most of the time they are so caught up in their own selfish thoughts that they do not even realize that the person they are harrassing and giving the finger to could be someone they know and care about!

Sometimes we get angry over silly things. He probably was trying to rush, so it was his fault. Don't worry about it in fact she got a good lesson in "real" driving. I was always told never to let your family drive with you when you are learning. My family yells so I definitely wouldn't want them to teach me how to drive! :X. Driver classes can be expensive, if you look for some local people that aren't affiliated with a big organization they can be cheaper. There is this one man that does it in my city and he charges much less! He is very nice as well. Have a nice day. Pablo

Well...there are a LOT of jerks on the road...there's no doubt that you met a big one. I go the speed limit when I drive and people tailgate me too, it's annoying but I NEVER speed up for them. They always end up passing me, but they don't honk at me. So just tell your daughter to keep going the speed limit, and most people will not honk at her, they'll just go around...and that's fine. And like you said she did one day, if one is not passing and is being mean than have her go into another lane or pull to the side of the road. Also, take down their license plate and report them! The cops can't do anything without proff or something, but they can keep and eye out to see if he does get himself into trouble. Also, it couldn't hurt to bring a video recorder, and if someone starts being really mean again, record it, and give the video to the police.

well i think u should take on an open road where there not much traffic. so she can at least get the feel o the car.this way you and her can have control of the car

Well, you have to look at it this way. She got road experience in a different way. She got to learn how to deal with idiots on the road. Yes, driver's ed is expensive. So keep up the lessons with her so she can move along quicker. I would let her drive in parking lots that are not in heavy use. She can learn her 3 point turns there and get comfortable with the car such as reverse, park in spaces, etc. Then when she has a couple of driver's ed classes under her belt. I would then take her out on the highway and teach her to merge and keep up with traffic. Put her in the slow lane in the beginning. Keep her self esteem up too!

When my 2 grandchildren were old enough to learn to drive we paid for one of those licensed training instructors to teach them. One reason was that their birthdays fell at the wrong time to get the schools drivers training. There other reason was that the school charged just as much as private lesson did. they also get more one on one training. Another advantage is that their cars are marked student driver. you could get one of those magnetic signs and put that on your car. your guy might have been a bit more tolerant if he knew that you were with a student driver.

My uncle taught me how to drive, and that was the first time that I took over the wheel to drive and I was quite nervous. My problem more than the other drivers were my own uncle who was sitting beside me, he keeps on giving endless lectures and all that. He would almost repeaaaat eveyrthing he said everytime making me feel like I have done something wrong and it makes me even more nervous. During those times when I thought I was doing pretty well, he would suddenly start reminding me again of what I did good and the ones that I need to work on. Don't get me wrong, I did appreciate it a lot, him teaching me to drive and all those points to keep track of. It was just that sometimes he lectures too much and it makes me uncomfortable and not think that I am doing good enough. I also experienced being honked at when I was just starting, and it made me even more nervous that I would have panicked if my uncle didn't tell me to not mind the car behind us, that they should wait or if they can't then they can always pass. I hate the honking part, it's kind of disrespectful to do so, the other driver may either be a student driver, or not from around the area and doesn't know the place that well. Except from certain situations that really call for it.

Hi Myluv4yesash, There are a lot of jerks out there on the road. If nothing else, this episode should have taught her that driveing a car isnt all fun and games. I would thing that on the weekends there should be a few empty parking lots for her to practice in. Maybe in an industrial park or something. You might consider putting a sign on the back of your car thats says student driver. Some people seem to be in so much of a hurry that they dont care about anything or anyone else. All my best, Terry