Quote Originally Posted by Karen
Find an office park that is closed on the weekend, but that has "streets" and stop signs, etc. Is your car a standard or an automatic? Have him practice three-point turns, have him practice parallel parking - even if there are no other cars around, you can snag a couple folding chairs to bring with you to set up as "practice cars" to park between.

Most of all, be patient. Try not to talk a lot, that gets distracting. When you are out of the streets for real, keep to side streets with very little traffic at first. Tell him when he does something well, not just when he screws up.

Malton is ummmm very Ghetto, so there isn't really any office builds close by. There is the mall, but thats suicide at night, my car will get trashed. I sooo hate Malton, I wish Joe would move out of there, so i don't have to keep going there to see him. Thats why I'm letting him drive on the road. I'm taking him North of Malton, as the traffic is really low there. When I pick him up to take him to my place I'll take him out after dark in my neighbourhood, as its nice & quiet at night, + there is visitors parking at my building, so he can practice safely there. But I want him to get driving down first, as I don't want to toss to much at him, as just driving is really stressful on him. He had Anxiety like me, so I know he needs to experience things at a slower pace right now.

My car is an Automatic.

I ignore the fact that hes driving most of the time. If he talks to me, I'll talk back, as thats how I learned & it made me feel more relaxed. I have no sterio in my car, so no worries about loud tunes, all you hear is the road :P

Hmmm... I'll have to say more positive things during the drive. I know I said a lot of good when he was finished driving & when he was driving for the 2ed time, Gio & I both said he did a good job

Gio cannot teach Joe to drive as Gio drives Standard & thats NOT a good mix for Joe. Hes a bundle of nerves as it is & I know he would have a panic attack, trying to drive a standard with Gio.. After hes good driving with me, then i'll hand him over to Gio to have some fun in a Standard & I'll talk to Gio so I can learn more as well.

I've let Gio drive my car before so I know hes a safe driver, so I can trust him in teaching Joe right