Does anyone remember a cup and ball device from a few years back? It sat on your dashboard and the idea was to promote smoother driving by trying to keep the ball in the cup. My future son in law seems to think his middle names are Lewis and Hamilton and I would love to get him one for the sanity/safety of my daughter.
I remember seeing a TV show where Jackie Stewart had various celebs driving a car with something similar to what you're describing, but his version was quite large and mounted to the bonnet.
I'm a driving instructor and I've never seen a dash mounted version.
If you really concerned about his driving then why not suggest he joins the Institute of Advanced Motorists? It's not expensive as most of the people involved are volunteers. You do have to pay for the test but the cost isn't very high, under £30 I think.
Quote: Originally posted by morticiaskeeper on 12/11/2007
The Jackie Stewart school was amazing. One of the instructors was a very young David Coulthard!!!
One of the best racers ever always looked slow and boring, you could never tell when he was on an in lap or going for pole - Alain Prost.
Smoothest driver today - Jenson Button.
It was called Formula Finesse.
While we are on the subject of Jenson Button he is getting a new boss, none other than Ross Brawn, the former Ferrari designer.
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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.
Quote: Originally posted by Rob F on 16/11/2007It sounds like you're well rid Jax365.
It's scary to think this type of person is allowed on the roads.
There are plenty of them! We had a head on collision once - a 'parked' car just pulled over to the right-hand side of the road just as he was overtaking it- at 40 in a 30mph limit. I often wonder if he could have avoided her (she was on a mobile and hadn't checked her blind spot though)if he had been doing the right speed. He used to drive everywhere in a rush, even when going on holiday??? then he bought a Porsche. I told him I wasn't getting in it (even before he bought it) then he insisted that we went on holiday in it. I spent a whole week as a passenger speeding around tiny single roads with passing places absolutely terrified.
I took a photo of him with his car at the time, and it wasn't until I got home that I realised that in the background was a churchyard!
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