
Well, I told him to slow down, but not come to a complete stop at the stop sign - otherwise his normal 50 meters of getting out of first gear would have made us all roadkill. He merged onto the road and all was well until the police officer ahead made us pull over. A couple of really bad phrases in french explaining how he was trying to learn to drive stick and showing him our ID, the nice police officer let us go. A couple more stalls later, we finally made it home.
And yes, I drove us both into work today.