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15/11/2007 at 7:38pm
Location: south cheshire
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Had this prob with a previous boyfriend... He drove just like the young man you're describing. It was terrifying - he overtook on blind bends, always did more than the speed limit, I sometimes adopted a protective position (bracing myself against the dash with both feet on occasion) as I was convinced we were shortly going to have an accident. He was caught by a hand held speed camera (the police stopped us) doing 80mph in a 60mph limit on the A9. Imagine that for 8-10 hours or more on a trip to the Highlands.
At first I would just nag him to slow down, but he rarely took any notice. I had to explain WHY I felt so nervous when he was driving. And all about the risks he was taking with another person's life, let alone everyone else's on the road. He would behave for a while, then go back into Sterling mode.
I once requested he stopped at the nearest train station. I got out and refused to get back in and told him I would catch the next train home as I didn't feel safe being a passenger when he was driving. That calmed him down for a while. On other journeys I would ask him to pull over, change seats and drive myself.
Eventually I drove 450 miles home, not exceeding any speed limits, not even overtaking. It took me exactly half an hour more to get home than he did taking risks on every bend and speeding like the blazes.
He is now an ex, but still driving like a maniac. I, meanwhile, have recovered my sanity! And my brakes last a lot longer.
The answer to this prob is in your daughters' hands. Tell her to try all of the above - or dump him. A gadget won't work for this type of driver, he would probably see it as a challenge and deliberately go faster to see how long it would take him to get the ball out of the cup. My ex regualarly challenged the 'estimated time of arrival' on the Sat Nav and revelled in every minute he managed to knock off on the journey by speeding - what a wa***r.
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