Co-drivers Who Don't/Won't/Not Allowed To Drive.... (1 Viewer)

[Puddleduck]

Hi, like the idea but not sure how your / or there insurance would cover it.

I'm sure a call to the insurance company would add an additional driver quite easily - although it would cost of course. The insurance would be an inconvenience rather than a problem I would have thought.

We have added temporary additional drivers to policies a few times over the years - a couple of times there was no charge and for other cases charges ranged between £5 and £100.

 

[Tackle man]

Irene drives our car but is by nature a nervous driver. She gets a cold sweat if I even mention driving the MH. Not all people are born able to drive larger vehicles.
My son's mother in law has never held a driving licence but she is a bloody good back seat driver ..... drives her poor husband nuts!!

 

[tonyidle]

So have we any ideas then how this could be done

I'd have thought a simple sticky on here listing names, phone numbers, where willing to go, would cover it?

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[GWAYGWAY]

My Wife is an excellent driver of Bikes and Cars, BUT although she is down as second driver on the insurance WILL NOT drive it under normal circumstances although if she had to, then it would happen, pity though as she could drive the easy bits sometimes to get used to it. I found it quite large to start with but it shrank to car size after a few times out and into small places. I think the same would happen to her driving once she had overcome the confidence thing although I would draw the line at her backing into our drive, with two inches either side of the pillars with the gates on.

 

[Tootles]

Please think about the emergency situation.

We have just had to return from Spain in those circumstances, arrived yesterday, flying was not an option. I could not drive for long so Dolly did almost all the 1300 miles. Fortunately she loves driving Freddie but what about if you find yourselves in a similar situation?

For those who don't/won't or who are not allowed to drive please reconsider. Driving an unfamiliar vehicle in an emergency, is a very stressful situation, so you know it makes sense to get behind the wheel, just in case.

Good idea. I gave the wife a coarse in driving our LHD Hymer. Stopped twice by the police, and threatened with a on the spot fine for allowing a Rottweiler to sit in what they thought was the front passenger seat........

 

[GWAYGWAY]

Ouch!
Does she read this forum?
Are you adequately insured?

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[Ralph-n-Bev]

I can, and have driven ours, but choose not to. Unless were on long motorway drives , and I don't mind then.
Ralph enjoys it.
I do drive the family car more than Ralph though.
But , when we have finished our R&B PVC I'm going to learn how everything works , and drive it just as much as he does. He wants me to and I want to do , too.

 

[Tootles]

Ouch!
Does she read this forum?
Are you adequately insured?

HEY, I wear the trousers in this house. (Unless she rags them, and pulls them into her basket......)

 

[Debs]

I think you should treat her to a driving day in the motorhome for Christmas. There is a member who teaches HGV driving and does these days - I haven't been on one but am told they are great fun and very educational. I'm trying to get the drake to buy me a day driving HGVs round a test track - daft but I've always wanted to drive a massive truck. Just the once would be enough to cross it off the bucket list.

I would love to have a go at this, it sounds great fun, always wanted to have a go

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[TerryL]

I've responded on the fun motorhome rescue thread - very happy to help if needed but how does anyone request help?

 

[Minxy]

It is a very good idea for both qualified drivers if there are any to be prepared to drive if the other is incapacitated in anyway. When we had a 24ft Rimor, despite my being willing to drive it, hubby did all the driving as he liked to do so, however not long after we'd got it we were on holiday in France when he got 2nd degree sunburn from canoeing for 8 and a half hours in the sun - I got it too but fortunately not quite as bad although it was still very painful, consequently I ended up having to drive the Rimor all the way back from the South of France, if I hadn't been able to do so we'd have been at the mercy of the insurance/recovery services which would not have been fun!

 

[Tootles]

I've responded on the fun motorhome rescue thread - very happy to help if needed but how does anyone request help?

They ring you first..

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[TerryL]

They ring you first..

Ah, but seriously, first they've got to get my number! And I won't post that on here - I get enough "spam" calls as it is, neither do I answer any calls that ain't in my phone book! But that's another thread.

 

[bigfoot]

Emergencies aside,my wife shares the driving with me,this enables us to travel greater distances,I am happy with this arrangement.
She is just as capable whether it is a PVC or an A class.

 

[sedge]

Well I'm sorry, I've tried to drive a LHD hire car in Menorca with husband Mk I, for about 2km until I was in tears, I drove our RHD Xantia from the lake to the supermarche in St Denis les Ponts and back, about 4km and hated it equally and I drove the Bessie about 5km on a country lane that was dead straight and may have been OK if an artic hadn't come in the opposite direction, other than that I've not been in the driving seat of a motorhome and I do not intend to, neither do I intend to drive any vehicle at all anywhere abroad ever again. I hated it so much every time and was terrified.

I don't know why, but there you go. My head has decided it's not for me and to my mind it's totally potty for me to even be on the MH insurance because I'm damn sure Pete having a heart attack or breaking his ankle is not going to increase either my confidence or my ability.

I had to drive back from Warwick hospital once where I'd been taken after an accident on the M42 - car was drivable so I went in the police car and the other policeman drove the car - I was OK after a bit so - and they knew I was on my own - they sent me home. It was dark by then, I didn't carry a road map because I was just coming home from work so knew the way and various of the roads off the route - I didn't see any road signs I would have known I needed to follow to get me home (to Kidderminster, at that time) So I ended up coming along the M40 to the M42, the very road I'd had the accident on - off at Bromsgrove and back to K - the M42 part I was at least familiar with. OK I had to get that over with - but I'd have preferred not to be alone, and I did cry all the way.

I just don't recommend it to anyone. If your passenger is not competent or confident - take them off the insurance, please.

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