Safe ´n fun

Ingo couldn´t understand my fear of the training for drivers. I understand that now! Though... he never had had an accident, never was just a passenger in his own car...

My brother and I went to the training. I was the only woman who had an attendant - I was the only woman who paid for that training. All the others got it as a present and none of them had ever had an accident. They looked at me in a pitiful way, because my voice was shaking when I told the trainer about the accident (we were to say why we were doing the training).

First we practiced slalom driving.

Next full braking. I was so afraid of that. I thought the car would go anywhere! First we tried at only 20 km/h.
I was the only one who really did it! My brother made me feel confident.
Next at 40, then at 70 km/h.
There was a girl who had an old car without anti-lock braking system and she didn´t get it done. The trainer asked me to show her! No more pitiful looks for me!

In Hannover they have very modern facilities. We had water fountains, that suddenly shoot in the sky and you have to brake and navigate at the same time, they simulated driving on an icy road. They even simulated how it feels when somebody drives into you - that was really tough! In the end I managed to get the car back on the road - but that was only at 35 km/h and I knew when and from which side the bang came. In reality I would be lost, it really felt dramatic!

After I lost my fear, it was really fun, my brother was just right!

It was a training for women only and man, we really had a "blonde" woman there (I don´t wanna harm anyone, but she really was that woman from the stupid jokes about blonde women!). Gosh, she was so stupid!

But apart from that it was very good, very helpful and really fun. I only hope I never have to use any of this newly gained skills!