“Teens just don’t have adequate driving skills for some things yet”
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I personally know at least two sets of parents that have kids that were so reluctant to get a driver’s license they waited until they were in their 20s, and I hear that’s actually common nowadays....and learning to drive a standard shift is completely out of the question.
my kid was the exception. driving a manual on a family farm at 11 and grandpa’s twin stick detroit grain truck to the coop at 16. he hates automatics (calls them autotragicals) and had me hunt country wide for a 318 5 speed dakota truck (found one)
I learned on a riding lawn mower before seven years of age.
I had the literally stand on the clutch.
We didn’t have a car in our house. I didn’t learn how to drive until I was married, and in may late 20’s. That’s when I learned how to drive a standard.
Yep. My daughter is in early 20s, NO interest in driving and ubers everywhere. Although... I did just get a really adorable little replacement to my Mom van — little red speed buggy Chevy.
She’s a little more interested in driving.
And honestly, if I can upgrade to a Sport Ute in the future, she can have the speedbuggy (which honestly isn’t that much of a speed buggy, although it looks like one.)