{"id":18431,"date":"2014-11-27T20:20:06","date_gmt":"2014-11-27T19:20:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/?p=18431"},"modified":"2017-06-24T15:16:30","modified_gmt":"2017-06-24T14:16:30","slug":"learning-to-drive-then-and-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/54.155.211.39\/blog\/2014\/11\/27\/learning-to-drive-then-and-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning to drive: Then and Now"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Learning<\/a>Learning to drive is an expensive business. In fact I first started to learn to drive when I was 17 but didn’t pass until I was 29! The driver instructor was going out with my mom\u2019s friend and so I got a discounted rate. Unfortunately he cheated on said friend, and that was the end of that. I have never been a confident person, coupled with the fact that my brother died in a road traffic accident, so nerves always got the better of me in tests. It was only when I was 29 that I finally passed my driving test. I remember the day I passed well, as my theory part of my licence was going to expire in 2 days if I did not pass. You see they only gave you 2 years to pass the practical. When I was 17 the practical was yet to be introduced, but talked about. I was 8 months pregnant and it felt unlikely that I would EVER pass if I didn’t pass that day. Besides it was my 6th<\/sup> driving test. But I did pass – with only 3 minors.<\/p>\n

\"LearningHaving just had a baby I didn’t drive that much, and it was not long before I was expecting again. Then with 4 children I needed to drive a people carrier, so I drove even less. I know that I only drove (and still only drive) if I have to. So when our son passed his driving test first time in July I knew that he needed to just get on and drive. Luckily he had University Open Days far away to visit. We put his dad as a second driver on his car insurance so that he could share the driving.<\/p>\n

With car insurance I think it is really important to shop around. When my husband passed his test\u00a0he got\u00a0cheaper car insurance\u00a0by\u00a0putting me as a second driver, even though I just had a provisional licence. This was because the company just asked how long I had my licence for (he checked a provisional was fine) and I am older than him. The fact we were married with children also helped lower his premium.<\/p>\n

My husband was quickly really confident in our son\u2019s driving and even had a sleep on the way back from the Open days. Our son now takes his friend to school and back (13 miles away, including motorways\/peak time). I have been so impressed how nothing seems to faze him – bad weather\/dark nights etc. He even drove through a busy city to collect his brother from school when he had missed his bus. The first few times I was really nervous, but now I worry more about me driving on the roads than my son and I have been driving for 7 years!<\/p>\n

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