My mother has turned in to an 'old person' driver.
Discussion
Due to a recent bereavement, my son and I have decamped to my parents house. As he was at nursery today and I don't have much to do at the moment so I went to Tesco with my mum to do the weekly food shopping.
She has a new(ish) car and even though I offered to drive, she wanted to do it otherwise she would never get used to the car.
Anyway, we get in the car and suddenly I realise that she has turned in to one of these 'old person' drivers that wind everyone else up!
After she adopted the 'praying mantis' seating position I realised that something was going to be very different since she last drove me around - multiple decades at least.
And so it transpired, dithering at roundabouts, stopping well short of the line at traffic lights, completely ignoring the lanes at roundabouts, forcing the car in to first gear before it had come to a stop, random use of the indicators plus a few other things I can't remember during the short 5 mile trip.
No harm was done (except maybe to my blood pressure and first gear on the car). Anyway, it occured to me, is this like a 'thing' that happens to everyone? Suddenly you wake up and drive like this (a bit like you go in to M&S and think those corduroy trousers look really smart) or does it sneak up on you over time and you don't really realise?
I don't really know where I am going with this other than my eyes have been opened and I must remember what her new car looks like so I don't inadvertently end up honking at it should I find her in front of me in the near future.
She has a new(ish) car and even though I offered to drive, she wanted to do it otherwise she would never get used to the car.
Anyway, we get in the car and suddenly I realise that she has turned in to one of these 'old person' drivers that wind everyone else up!
After she adopted the 'praying mantis' seating position I realised that something was going to be very different since she last drove me around - multiple decades at least.
And so it transpired, dithering at roundabouts, stopping well short of the line at traffic lights, completely ignoring the lanes at roundabouts, forcing the car in to first gear before it had come to a stop, random use of the indicators plus a few other things I can't remember during the short 5 mile trip.
No harm was done (except maybe to my blood pressure and first gear on the car). Anyway, it occured to me, is this like a 'thing' that happens to everyone? Suddenly you wake up and drive like this (a bit like you go in to M&S and think those corduroy trousers look really smart) or does it sneak up on you over time and you don't really realise?
I don't really know where I am going with this other than my eyes have been opened and I must remember what her new car looks like so I don't inadvertently end up honking at it should I find her in front of me in the near future.
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