My sweet natured, demure, shy, 20 year old daughter passed her test last week. She now has a 1.1 litre Ford Fiesta. On her first trip out, with me in the passenger seat, while waiting to pull out of a side turning, she wound down the window and yelled some rather abusive language at the innocent driver behind. Even when I pointed out that the beep she had heard, had actually been from her own radio, she showed no remorse.
Next day, she told me about a woman that had "cut her up". Once she caught the lady at the traffic lights, she got out of her car and gave this woman a piece of her mind.
Following day, she took her friend into town. Having been cut up by another driver in a car park, she gets out of her car and thumps on this drivers window and gives him a right ear full.
I have tried to tell her that she MUST learn to calm down. I have never, in my life, got out of my car to confront another driver. I much prefer the strategy of tut tutting in silence and getting on with my life. Even though I am far better equipped, physically, to deal with agro, should the need arise.
How on earth do I convince her that her behaviour is not normal, and is, in fact, darn right dangerous. I can only imagine that she will, sooner or later, come unstuck. Romford, is just not the sort of place you can get away with this sort of thing indefinately. Actually her driving is pretty good, but this aspect really worries me.
Next day, she told me about a woman that had "cut her up". Once she caught the lady at the traffic lights, she got out of her car and gave this woman a piece of her mind.
Following day, she took her friend into town. Having been cut up by another driver in a car park, she gets out of her car and thumps on this drivers window and gives him a right ear full.
I have tried to tell her that she MUST learn to calm down. I have never, in my life, got out of my car to confront another driver. I much prefer the strategy of tut tutting in silence and getting on with my life. Even though I am far better equipped, physically, to deal with agro, should the need arise.
How on earth do I convince her that her behaviour is not normal, and is, in fact, darn right dangerous. I can only imagine that she will, sooner or later, come unstuck. Romford, is just not the sort of place you can get away with this sort of thing indefinately. Actually her driving is pretty good, but this aspect really worries me.