What exactly are you trying to do with both drivers. It works for me (see code below) but I can't understand why you'd want to.
ruby-1.9.2-p290 :003 > require "watir-webdriver" => true ruby-1.9.2-p290 :004 > b = Watir::Browser.new => #<Watir::Browser:0xe3859c1bd520f04 url="about:blank" title=""> ruby-1.9.2-p290 :005 > b.goto "www.google.com" => "http://www.google.com.au/" ruby-1.9.2-p290 :006 > b.driver.find_element(:name, 'q').send_keys "hello" => "" ruby-1.9.2-p290 :007 > -- Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In short: search before you ask, be nice. watir-general@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general watir-general+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com