How parents bad habits can influence their children s driving
Getting support from Mum or Dad when your learning to drive can be invaluable,especially if their keen to help,but picking up their bad habits isn’t such a good thing.
Parents helping their children learn to drive in Brentwood,need to become ambassadors of the road and avoid bad behavior behind the wheel as their children often unknowingly pick up on their habits.
A recent survey found that nearly three quarters of parents thought they would fail their driving test if they took it again.Yet 40% would be happy to teach a friend or relative to drive.
People of Brentwood please don’t become the driver whose role model behavior goes out of the window when they get in the driving seat.One in five Mums admit to road rage in front of their kids.Nearly half have eaten food while behind the wheel and a quarter have read a text whilst driving,and one in ten admit to driving through a red light.
PLEASE all you wonderful parents out there don’t let your bad habits set your children a bad example!
Parents play a hugely influential role in their children s development and when it comes to frequent ferrying around in the car there’s plenty of opportunity for young people to be exposed to Mum or Dads bad habits when there behind the wheel.
It has also been revealed that are many parents have forgotten what they were taught,and often get confused by traffic signs and other basic information from the Highway Code.47% don’t know the shape of “STOP” sign and 70% the difference between “Ahead Only” and a “One Way” signs.
The worrying statistics and bad habits are influencing styles of the our future motorists and whilst its important Brentwood parents support their children in their learning to drive experience,they must ensure their own driving skills are up to scratch.