For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for May 01, 2021

He’s finding out his mom is a lawbreaker.

How do YOU like being nagged and lectured, Elly? It’s not much fun, is it?

as long as a driver signals at all is a step in the right direction.

much to Elly’s chagrin

(43½ miles in an approximate 37¼-mile zone)

“the light’s amber”. Amber? Is that what they call the yellow light in Canada?

It is most irritating when someone is learning and reiterates all they are learning from the book—with no experiences ! !

Ahhh, the aggravation of having a kid in drivers ed!

Mike is a backseat driver, while sitting in the front!!

/HILARIOUS/

Guess he is trying to show how much he is paying attention and therefore ready to be the one driving.

“ Memorized” the handbook? Looks like he is reading straight from it. Elly, take the book and give him a test.

I hate seeing people coming up to a red light and they turn right without even stopping if no traffic is coming. And “No turn on Red”- what a joke.

Elly should take advantage of the opportunity to lead by example. When my son got his learner’s permit I became a better driver.

Dang, Elly, at least don’t almost hit pedestrians. That’s not really nitpicking!

Michael has to learn that driving requires a kind of zen coolness. By spouting rules, he’s making his mother nervous. ;/

At least Mike is not sitting in Elly’s car with his ‘friend’ Artie, who looked like he could take a car apart with one hand…

I download and read my state’s driver’s handbook about once a year, usually around my birthday. I may have forgotten a few things since I was 16.

My father used to joke that my mother about wore a hole in the passenger side floor, with her side-seat driving.. LOL! She irritated me once to the point that I told when she’d driven long as I had, she could tell me how to drive. She never got her own license, no idea why. But she stopped the side-seat driving with me!

The great thing about driving in Canada is all the highway signs saying the speed limit is 100!

Michael you seriously need to stop

Cagey move, Michael! You’ll soon have her letting you drive just to shut you up

In our state, “Pedestrians have the right of way” is actually WRONG. We looked it up. The ACTUAL law is the pedestrian has the right of way IF they’re on a marked crosswalk, and they have to “make eye contact” (they can’t just step into the crosswalk while staring at their phone).

Few things are as annoying as a back seat driver.

They both could use a lesson in auto safety: Michael joyrided with Gordon and Elly crashed the sports car because she wasn’t paying attention.

ahh I do so remember teaching my kids and grands driving. You really do get a refresher course on the laws!

He’s not going to make it to 17 at this rate. “Teen Strangled By Mother. News at 11!!!”

When my children started doing this to me, I told them they needed to have 50,000 miles under their belt before they could talk to me about my driving. And before they could even think about violating any of the rules in the manual. I explained that with experience, you better understand when you can cheat and when you can’t.

One of those times when it was do as I say, not as I do.

Like my husband his oral driving is much better than his actual driving. And how I hate the “oral” part.

As Bugs Bunny would say…. “Nnyyyyaaaahhh Shaddaaaap!”

I sympathize with her face in panel 4, but I really did become a better driver when the boys took drivers’ ed. Some from wanting to be a better role model and some from being reminded of the rules ad nauseum.

Michael pointed out every wrong part of mom on driving. So funny.When does Michael get to drive, learner permit?

Oh yes. It’s just jim dandy!!!

The only driving ticket my mother ever got was for speeding, a week after starting to teach my oldest brother to drive. Good example Ma!

Given that 60K is only about 37 MPH, I wouldn’t worry too much about speeding. Unless of course the speed limit was 30K.

I don’t think all 16 year olds are buttheads – just Mike.

So many memories

From Cleveland, Ohio( Where Garret Morgan invented the traffic light.) We say it both ways. Amber sounds a little snooty, maybe it’s because the Brits use it.

Eyes open, Elly! You already had one accident because you did not watch where you were going.

Michael is teaching his mom how to drive

Micheal, your mother been driving since you were born. I sure she know (Amber) Yellow light when she sees one. You dont want your mother to have a accident teaching a 16 year old how to drive. I think you should wait until you 17 when you ready.

See, don’t say I didn’t warn you.

Nobody likes a backseat driver.

Yup. Called it. The nice thing is all of my sons have kids, so the “parents curse” will continue for another generation.

One of my favorite comedy bits of all time. Reverend Jim, a stoner cab driver on the TAXI sitcom is taking the written exam for a driver’s license. He needs help. “What does a yellow light mean” – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNmnroyJSzo

Most people I see coming up to a stop sign don’t come to a complete stop unless they actually have to wait for another car. I can tell by watching the wheels, which visibly continue to turn.

When I hit the breaks, the suspension allows the body of the car to move slightly forward relative to the wheels. When I feel the “rebound” — the suspension pulling the body back — is when I believe the car came to a complete stop.

Nobody likes to be yakked at while they’re driving. I especially hated it when I drove. I once gave my friend a ride, along with her 2 grandkids, to a place that we both had gone to multiple times. Her grandson, who was about 12, kept telling me to turn here or go there as a “better” way to get there. He was so persistent and annoying that I finally calmly told him that it was a LONG walk from where we were, but that he could go by any route he chose when he was walking. I think he was shocked – at any rate, he shut up. His Grandma just laughed!

She looks real “glad.”

My wife waits until she’s in the turn-only lane to put her turn-signal on

Elly should’ve known there would be consequences for not letting him drive!

Oh no you don’t Elly. You demanded Michael take lessons from a certified instructor and read drivers’ education textbooks, you get a first look at his progress.