MADAM – I have been driving for many years.
When my instructor sat me in his car for my first drive he said: “You are now sitting in a lethal weapon.
“Never forget it.”
I never have. Each time before I set out, each time, I remember those words.
It is a pity each instructor does not do the same.
Joy Blacktin
Stroud
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