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To: Nachum

LOL...my 11 year old boy would take me up on that immediately

He does ok around the back pasture in my truck by hisself.

I would only allow him to drive on a hwy if I was incapacitated and it was an emergency...he could do it.

It’s a southern and rural thing...but 8 is way too young.

I drove at 12 or so with dad and had my license at 15...and was allowed to drive around rural areas alone at age 13....like Lake Bruin Louisiana or Deer Camp..back then all your secondaries were gravel or clay..not like now


6 posted on 08/01/2011 9:51:32 AM PDT by wardaddy (Palin or Bachman..either with Marco....I'm often on a .hence my spelling..sorry)
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To: wardaddy

I drove Dad’s truck on the road with him starting at 12 also.

Up until the time I tried to beat the big dump truck coming the other way approaching the one-way bridge, I did pretty well.

He let me drive again at 14...


11 posted on 08/01/2011 9:56:07 AM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: wardaddy

I drove Dad’s truck on the road with him starting at 12 also.

Up until the time I tried to beat the big dump truck coming the other way approaching the one-way bridge, I did pretty well.

He let me drive again at 14...


12 posted on 08/01/2011 9:56:20 AM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: wardaddy

Speaking of 11 year olds... Just yesterday I was letting my 11 year-old nephew drive my old Toyota pickup up and down the gravel road on the edge of our property. He asked me, “Are you scared?” I said, “No”, to which he replied, “I am!”


20 posted on 08/01/2011 12:47:43 PM PDT by the_devils_advocate_666
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