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So here's the background to the event I'm going to explain~
I have this friend and her 18th birthday was just about 2 weeks ago; she decided to finally get her driver's license. Just yesterday she got her own car and had been practicing a lot weeks prior to her birthday but I've never ridden with her.
So today, she finally has the opportunity to show off her new car/driving skills to me and honestly, I've never been so scared of being in a car with someone... She started off by almost hitting the car in front of her on top of completely backing up the line of traffic in the parking lot, and that was just picking me up. While pulling out of the lot she cut off a car and only missed them by inches... next thing I know she's humming something so I ask her what she's doing, come to find out she has her headphones in and can barely hear anything. After arguing with her for a few minutes she refuses to take them out... right after, we're trying to go straight on a road (and then take a left after the light) but she's driving in the right turn lane. I tell her that she needs to get over so without even looking swerves left and almost hits the car in front of her and forces the car on the left to swerve over to avoid hitting us. After I tell her she needs to take a left up ahead (clearly pointing to a street a ways down) she slams on the brakes in the middle of the intersection and attempts to drive into oncoming traffic in order to take a left not only on the wrong street but on a red light. After freaking out at her while cars are zooming past us she swerves back into the the right side but again without looking and almost hits another car. Now we need to take our left and she swings the car cutting off both lanes of oncoming traffic and barely makes it into the side street. We finally get to our last turn and we had to take a right, now, the light was red but she's just sitting at the intersection. After muttering "(her name), you can turn right on a red" she drives right into the middle of the intersection, stops for about a second, then ever so slowly turns into the road while blocking all traffic and coming within inches of scraping a car.
She did all this and the whole time she was completely oblivious to how many cars she almost hit...
Idk how to tell her guys how terrible she is, so any advice on how to break it to her is appreciated.
really rattled atm for almost crashing like 6 times in a 10 minute window so sry if it's choppy.
 
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Uhm... how did she ever get a drivers license...?
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"You are going to fucking kill someone, let me drive"
ezmode.
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On September 27 2011 08:34 Zoler wrote:
Uhm... how did she ever get a drivers license...?
In good ole 'Murica you can get your drivers license at 18 with no questions asked. You are only required to take a driving course if you want your license at the age of 16.
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On September 27 2011 08:39 DakotaA7X wrote:Show nested quote +On September 27 2011 08:34 Zoler wrote:
Uhm... how did she ever get a drivers license...? In good ole 'Murica you can get your drivers license at 18 with no questions asked. You are only required to take a driving course if you want your license at the age of 16.
What...? I've been to USA two times already and I never knew this.. the next time I go I'm gonna be freakin careful around trafic.
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Sounds like a girl blog, just teach her how to drive in your spare time and next thing you know you two will be enjoying her car from the back seat.
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United States5162 Posts
On September 27 2011 08:39 DakotaA7X wrote:Show nested quote +On September 27 2011 08:34 Zoler wrote:
Uhm... how did she ever get a drivers license...? In good ole 'Murica you can get your drivers license at 18 with no questions asked. You are only required to take a driving course if you want your license at the age of 16.
Are you serious? Holy shit, no wonder there's so many people who literally have no clue how to drive. I figured they just took driver ed, which, at least for me, allowed you to not take the driving portion.
As far as the OP - Tell her what you told us. And if she doesn't believe you, well, I guess you'll just have to never ride with her again.
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On September 27 2011 08:39 DakotaA7X wrote:Show nested quote +On September 27 2011 08:34 Zoler wrote:
Uhm... how did she ever get a drivers license...? In good ole 'Murica you can get your drivers license at 18 with no questions asked. You are only required to take a driving course if you want your license at the age of 16.
Are you serious? People can actually do that?
I live in WA, and I've never heard anything like that...
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How good is your acting? Next time you're driving with her or she asks you to hop in start sobbing uncontrollably and say it was the scariest moment of your life. Then when she's in guilt mode she'll be more open to listening.
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What state are you in, out of curiosity?
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On September 27 2011 08:39 DakotaA7X wrote:Show nested quote +On September 27 2011 08:34 Zoler wrote:
Uhm... how did she ever get a drivers license...? In good ole 'Murica you can get your drivers license at 18 with no questions asked. You are only required to take a driving course if you want your license at the age of 16.
Not in washington state.
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On September 27 2011 08:52 munchmunch wrote:
What state are you in, out of curiosity?
WA
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Not sure what advice you need... refuse to ride with her until she takes some lessons.
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On September 27 2011 08:47 duk3 wrote:Show nested quote +On September 27 2011 08:39 DakotaA7X wrote:On September 27 2011 08:34 Zoler wrote:
Uhm... how did she ever get a drivers license...? In good ole 'Murica you can get your drivers license at 18 with no questions asked. You are only required to take a driving course if you want your license at the age of 16. Are you serious? People can actually do that? I live in WA, and I've never heard anything like that...
depends on the state ofc
i honestly feel that people like this should just not be allowed to drive...at least with my "reckless disregard of the speed limit" aka 90+ in a 15mph zone  I dont come anywhere near crashing even .01% of that amount...I dont even know how she got to you to give you that scare lol
edit: oh and as to how to deal with this problem...find her mechanic, explain the situation to him and have him remove the starter from her car, then make sure she learns how to drive in some safe & secure environment where she isnt going to kill anyone (im 100% sure she will crash within the month if she is allowed to drive freely) until she understands how to control her car....people like these on the roads scare the shit out of me T_T esp if im on a motorcycle/scooter, since they arent paying attention and just about any impact will bring pain, a lot of pain
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On September 27 2011 08:39 DakotaA7X wrote:Show nested quote +On September 27 2011 08:34 Zoler wrote:
Uhm... how did she ever get a drivers license...? You are only required to take a driving course if you want your license at the age of 16.
Not in California. Here, you can get a "permit" upon completion of driver's education registration(passing a written test), and cannot drive with a permit without a parent, guardian or licensed adult age of 25 or older. You can't get a real license until 18.
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United States1146 Posts
Go point out every single flaw in her driving, small or big.
Seriously, did she even take a road test?
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if she's hot don't say anything, if she's ugly call her on it and find a hot friend who is a good driver next time..
but yeah in all reality tell her what she's doing wrong if it's dangerous because not only are you in danger but so is she.
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On September 27 2011 09:21 Jindo wrote:Show nested quote +On September 27 2011 08:39 DakotaA7X wrote:On September 27 2011 08:34 Zoler wrote:
Uhm... how did she ever get a drivers license...? You are only required to take a driving course if you want your license at the age of 16. Not in California. Here, you can get a "permit" upon completion of driver's education registration(passing a written test), and cannot drive with a permit without a parent, guardian or licensed adult age of 25 or older. You can't get a real license until 18.
In California you can get your Provisional License after having your permit for at least 6 months and with 50 hours or more of driving if your are 16, but you can't drive people who are under 20 or between the hours of 1 pm - 5 am alone, for the first year.
If you're 17 1/2 or older you can get your permit and then you can basically schedule your driver's test immediately after you pass the written test. You don't have the restrictions of the Provisional license in this case.
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Are you fucking serious, they just hand out drivers licenses where you live? what the fuck...
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United States24799 Posts
In that situation... first chance you get you get out of the car. You do not get in with her until she can drive decently.... even if that means it takes years. If that doesn't send the message to her nothing will.
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