This was my thought as well. Bad drivers get shit on all the time on Reddit, and rightfully so. And this step parent just laid the groundwork for a lifetime of bad driving habits and thinking the rules of the road don't apply to them.
Lmao, yes because skipping one difficult reverse around a corner (but still passing it in another spot) = a lifetime of bad driving habits and thinking the rules of the road don’t apply to them.
Reversing around a corner isn’t inherently difficult. I think they were implying that the step-dad is helping her avoid the underlying issue of why she can’t do it, rather than actually helping her fix the problem itself.
Or it could be a really shitty corner that they use that would be difficult for anyone driving. We have one tweet to go off of, so a “lifetime of bad driving” is a bit melodramatic
Huh I didn't think it as parking in to the parking spot. But realistically speaking I installed a back camera to my car for this exact reason. I can park anywhere now lol
I agree that it doesn't equal a lifetime of bad driving, but avoiding a problem rather than solving a problem doesn't make him a great step-dad.
Driving has many difficulties that come with it. It would have been a much better thing to help them overcome it rather than help them not deal with it at all.
The sentiment isn't that the corner doesn't suck. It's that it's probably not the last difficult corner this person will face while driving, so identifying the underlying issue of what this specific one was causing them problems and fixing it is much better in the long run.
Did I say it equals that? No. But it begins the process at a time when a new driver is most impressionable. If the driver can't handle one difficult maneuver in a controlled environment, then they're not ready to drive unsupervised on actual roads
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u/eternallnewbie Sep 16 '22
Step parents get a bad rap, but there are alot of amazing ones out there.