It’s been a couple of years since Eldest
Son learnt to drive, and now Younger Son is behind the wheel and the one thing
that is still obvious is that a lot of drivers still don’t know what the letter
L stands for.
L stands for Learner. That means the person driving is a Learner driver. The clue is in the word
and it’s not that difficult to give them the time and space in which to learn to drive. After all, you were once a
learner.
It always seems amazing to me that people
will cut in front of learners, beep them when they hesitate at a junction and
roar passed glaring through a fog of pent up frustration. Now I am not saying that I haven’t
occasionally tapped the wheel as I wait for a learner to move forward, but I can
tell you that even driving instructors are left shaking their heads with the
attitudes of other drivers.
It seems to me that there are a few drivers
out there who could do with some remedial lessons themselves. For example, I is for Indicator. That’s the stick located on the left or right
hand side of your steering wheel, which tells other drivers where you are
planning on going. It’s quite useful
actually and may just mean that a learner driver nearby might be able to make a
decision about what to do next.
As the Meerkat from a famous car insurance
company would say, ‘Simples’.
