15 is waaay too young for a child to be driving! Child endangerment for this offense should carry a 15 year sentence!
This young lady should not have to ensure that her papa gets home safely. She should be free to enjoy her childhood while she is still young! Let her go to her school and get one of those free sex-change operations the schools are so anxious to dispense without parental notification, let alone approval.
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15 may be too young now but I think many ranch kids are capable.
I actually drove a tow truck when I was 14. I lied about my age and was plowing parking lots and towed a couple of cars. That was ‘76.
We saw a 15 year old with no learners permit take a left turn too soon and hit the back end of a motorcycle. Not funny at all. The kid fled the scene and was found hiding in a corn field.
Supervised driving before 16 is a good thing and they can learn to drive. Farm kids start around 12 on their own property. On their own with no license can be quite dangerous to others.
Everyone I knew in high school started driving at 15. Back then we didn't have seatbelts or disc brakes.
My kids all started driving with me in the car when they were 15. Usually I wasn't passed out drunk, but as long as there is an adult in the car, it is still legal.