My DD22 lives at home and has recently got a new boyfriend. He doesn’t drive and she does. She is going over there every evening after work and driving home at 2-3am after being at work all day. It’s about 5 miles down dark country roads. Then she is having to get up for work at 7am the next day and has a few times missed her alarm. She is very grumpy and tired, not helpful round the house and moody etc.
Regardless of being late for work, that’s her problem, we have got into an argument because I think it’s irresponsible to drive round country lanes at 3am because she will be tired and this increases the risk of accident. I ended up giving her a lecture from the website Brake about the risks of tired driving, not just to her but other people on the road too. She regularly has had about 3-4 hours sleep and worked a full day on her feet.
DD thinks I am just an annoying interfering old lady, she claims she isn’t tired at 3am and knows better than me, but actually it is really making me cross as I think driving tired is just as bad as driving after a few drinks and impairs your driving. I’ve held my licence for over 20 years and she’s had hers less than 2 years, so I do think I have more experience but she is an adult and can make her own choices. I can’t seem to get her to listen to the clear risks though. What would you do?