Actually you need nerves of steel too!

Yep, nerves of steel is the other attribute that driving instructors need, even off duty!

A recent example was only just the other weekend whilst driving along the motorway. Husband was driving and I was in the passenger seat. We were in the outside lane overtaking, and the lady behind us decided to undertake us and then try and cut us up, not even taking into account that she hadn't actually passed the front of our car when she decided to carry out this manoeuvre!  My foot went for the imaginary break and my hand instinctively went for the steering wheel whilst shouting instructions to my husband!  Now husband retaliated and refused to let her in whereby she gave up and resumed her original position behind us.  What followed was constant tailgating as we drove home. We did pull over to give her the opportunity to air her views, but she decided instead to pull out infront of another car and do a turn in the road on a bend. She then changed her mind and decided to follow us home! Talk about persistent.... it took us 15 minutes at least to loose her.

Now, without doubt my husband's driving was not squeaky clean by all means, and two wrongs don't make a right, but what really shocked me about this woman's driving was that she had children in the car with her! What example does this sort of behaviour give to our future motorists?

Trust me, it won't be long now before we're ramming each other off the road!