Learning to ride....Mrs C!

[Chilli]

I was thinking, would it be a good idea for mrc c to get a scooter (auto thing) just to get used to riding. She's never ridden before (and between me and you, she aint the worlds best driver) so I thought she might benefit from a bit of "road time". However, how can you tell someone to command the road, and position yourself correctly when you're on a 50cc scooter doing 30mph?

[Chilli]

Cheers guys, some good points.

Rubin, I'd rather she didn'tdo it TBH, but not gonna stop her. I'll book her in for a CBT.

Rob, what are you like?! Wait till I tell her!!

[Chilli]

Darkslider said:

Don't buy her anything yet, she might turn out to hate it. Better off spending 100 quid for her to do her CBT, she'll get a taste of what a scooter is like as well as a good bit of experience on a geared 125 so will be able to decide if the world of biking is for her before buying a machine.

If she aint the world's best driver would you be comfortable if she was out there on her own on a much more vulnerable vehicle? She will have to improve her awareness, observation and forward planning an awful lot from driving the car, and if she can't then unfortunately there's a good chance the paramedics will be scraping her off the road.

Hopefully any experience she has on a bike will improve her driving in the car as well, but it doesn't always work like that with wimmin

I hear ya. If anything, it will help her driving!