Boy it's amazing just how much your attitudes change when you get older.
Raise it to 18, no driving from 9PM to 7AM, and zero tolerance for moving violations.
Harsh, you bet. But I have a fourteen year old daughter, and the thought of her driving in the next two years scares the heck out of me.
Would an extra two years make a difference? Yeah, I think so, esp. when we're talking 16 to 18.
Would I have said this at age 16? Hell no!
Harsh, you bet. But I have a fourteen year old daughter, and the thought of her driving in the next two years scares the heck out of me.
I was nineteen and let my sixteen year-old brother drive the car for a few blocks in our quiet neighborhood. Needless to say, I found out why my mom had been so scared of me just a few years previously.
"Boy it's amazing just how much your attitudes change when you get older."
My dad (an attorney) made me ace "his" driver training written test and take and ace a driving course (1958) before he would allow me to take the state exam and get licensed at 16. I busted my butt.
He paid for the driving course - we started "racing" in autocrosses and gymkhanas (spring twisters) - parking lot courses after I was licensed. Big carrot!
I always thot he was being a hard @ss - however it has paid off in many ways - non the least of lowering the probibility of his liability in a law suit while I was "learning".
I have had 3 moving violations in 45+ years. Been in one at-fault-accident and that involved my use of a cell phone while in stop and go traffic 6 months ago. I don't do that no more - split seconds are beyond me now.
At 64 my reflexes are slowing down - and I still occasionally feel the need for speed.
He was right and saved several persons lives by forcing me to know my machines and my personal limits.
I am looking forward to my next driver training session at Sears Point this summer - I pay for them now - He's gone and left me with a good habit.
Good training for licensed kids - know what you have and how to keep out of harms way. Not to mention the reality check!