dieharder wrote:
Out of my entire family, I am the only one that drives. DW and, for now, DD do not have driver's licenses, nor do they have any desire to obtain.
DW finds it strange that, every once in a while, I want to go through what they would need to do in the event that, heaven forbid, 'something' happens to me while we're rolling down the highway (take control of the wheel, shifter into neutral, etc.).
Does (or would) anyone else do this if they're in the same scenario? To me, it seems like, if I don't go through this with them, they would have no idea what to do if something unfortunate happens since they have never driven.
I really commend you for thinking ahead for safety sake but I personally do not see how someone that has never driven could be of any help from the passenger seat in a MH.
They would have to physically move you over and get to the 'brakes' first along with the steering wheel. Just putting it in neutral is not going to help much. I would focus more of your emergency training on them getting you moved over and them in a position to use the brakes and steering wheel.
Heck you know what? Better yet, I would take your MH to an empty parking lot and MAKE both of them drive your MH.
Even is it is only down one aisle, 100 feet in a straight line. And I'd tell them if they don't do it they do NOT get to go on the next RV trip. :W:W
