She is taking driving lesson

[JoBri 548]

I think you forgot, stop signs are optional in California and Washington, D.C..... and in the rural south......

In the rural south it is more strict than the big cites of the north, northeast and west. If you drive here like in those cities you will get your license revoked.

My wife had her Filipino license. She learned on the streets of Manila. But when she got here it was as if she never had driven. Maybe worse...because it was hard to get her to stay in her lane. I had to teach her all over again, and it wasnt easy. She had to take her driving test 3 times to pass, but passed the written portion the first time with none wrong.

Now she is an expert driver. She drives everywhere, and better than I drive. I am the recless one and she is sensible.

[gretchen_darren 67]

I thought in the rural south they came out of cracker jack boxes....get it revoked, got get another cracker jack box.... when I was in the south.... stop signs were vastly ignored, and people went around you whenever they could. I felt like I was in a NASCAR race, but no one told me.... In the rural south, it just depends on if you are a Hatfield or McCoy....

[JoBri 548]

I thought in the rural south they came out of cracker jack boxes....get it revoked, got get another cracker jack box.... when I was in the south.... stop signs were vastly ignored, and people went around you whenever they could. I felt like I was in a NASCAR race, but no one told me.... In the rural south, it just depends on if you are a Hatfield or McCoy....

I can only speak for East Tennessee and Southeast Kentucky. I go to court in the morning for driving 60 in a 55. I wish I could already move to the Philippines.....

My wife is the better driver, and fortunately when she is with me she keeps me in check.

[jrmejia 31]

That is why I always set the speed alarm in my car. Whenever I reach certain limit I get the "Ding with yellow sign on the dashboard."

The bridge that I need to cross to get to my house has a big sign 40mph. if you go 41 you are on your own!

[Richie Rich 70]

Its funny -I have a buddy who married a Pinoy 2 mths ago .He bought a car and was teaching her to drive .She crashed the care twice in 1 week . My friend is a patient man . He allowed her to ''learn to drive '' with the car after he left the Pi . I will have to have faith like ''Job '' with my fiancee when she gets to the Usa soon . We will see .

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Its funny -I have a buddy who married a Pinoy 2 mths ago .He bought a car and was teaching her to drive .She crashed the care twice in 1 week . My friend is a patient man . He allowed her to ''learn to drive '' with the car after he left the Pi . I will have to have faith like ''Job '' with my fiancee when she gets to the Usa soon . We will see .

It's either teach her to drive, or buy a chauffeur's hat. Every time I get tire of driving the wife around, I try and teach her to drive. I was sure the third time would be the charm, until she slammed the car into the hillside, thinking the gas pedal was the brake. Driving schools won't return our calls anymore.

I think I look spiffy in my new hat.

Edited June 13, 2011 by Some Old Guy

[jrmejia 31]

Driving schools won't return our calls anymore.

Really or joking?

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Really or joking?

True story.

[jrmejia 31]

True story.

Amazing. I am having the impression that mine will be fine. She girls ride bikes, kayak, parasailing, and other stuff. She Is good with equilibrium and mental alertness.

I bet she will be driving my car and I will have to settle for a second hand car!! oh boy...oh boy!!! not that

[ria_s 0]

I actually had my learner's permit for driving in the Philippines. I started learning to drive before I left for the US but work took so much time I never managed to fully learn how to there. When I moved here, my poor hubby endured driving me to and from work for a year. It was mostly because I kept putting up a fuss and the driving test part scared me.

But hubby made me bite the bullet and take it so now I drive to work alone. It's liberating but it sucks to have no one to talk to on the long drive to work and back. I don't think stop signs are optional though and always make sure to be on the lookout for them. I have no sense of direction though and rely on my tomtom for directions. I panic when the darn thing starts dying.

[~happyndinlove~ 540]

Viewing the board this morning...I saw this thread and thought... OMG! He's back! Then I remembered..it's an old thread...just revived...phew...

Rumi? Pah! Roofie? (VJ definitely provides some entertainment now and then.)

[YodaPagoda 0]

Viewing the board this morning...I saw this thread and thought... OMG! He's back! Then I remembered..it's an old thread...just revived...phew...

Rumi? Pah! Roofie? (VJ definitely provides some entertainment now and then.)

I was thinking the same thing! Wonder if his fiancee ended up going to the US or not.

That being said, driving in the Philippines (at least here in Leyte) would be a lot better if the pedicabs had some reflectors on 'em! Some of them look like they had reflectors at one time, but were either removed or painted over. Driving here feels a lot safer than driving in the Middle East by a long shot!

[Crisostomo Ibarra 1]

I thought in the rural south they came out of cracker jack boxes....get it revoked, got get another cracker jack box.... when I was in the south.... stop signs were vastly ignored, and people went around you whenever they could. I felt like I was in a NASCAR race, but no one told me.... In the rural south, it just depends on if you are a Hatfield or McCoy....

And don't forget the moonshine, Bubba. And remember now, distributing moonshine started NASCAR.

[chipsahoy 3]

She will be getting some driving lessons from me while going to driving school. We are both very patience.   

Good luck with the patience Driving lesson is tricky between couples. It will test how far your patience will protract

[chipsahoy 3]

Its funny -I have a buddy who married a Pinoy 2 mths ago .He bought a car and was teaching her to drive .She crashed the care twice   in 1 week . My friend is a patient man . He allowed her to ''learn  to drive '' with the car after he left the Pi . I will have to have  faith like ''Job '' with my fiancee when she gets to the Usa soon . We will see .

I puked when I first started driving by myself (going to work). The next day, I hit the mail post while backing up. Left me no driver side mirror. Good thing it was a company car. Insured. Lol!