I'm still alive!

[finsgirl]

I just took my 15-yr old daughter out for a driving lesson. She drove around the neighborhood for about 1/2 hour. Talk about nerve-wracking!!! Next time, we won't bring her sister along - she's a terrible back seat driver.

I hope this gets easier. My heart was racing the whole time!!


Angie

 

[cmoroney]

Angie,

I know exactly how you are feeling - my 15 year old daughter has logged in 25 hours so far with me in the passenger seat! She is my fifth driver so far. It seems I would get used to it - but it is definitely nerve-wracking.

She seems to be a more aggressive driver just like her personality. I try not to hold on too tight or act really uptight, but I can't help it sometimes.

On a positive note - she only has to log 15 more hours - well, we are half way there.

I only have five more drivers to go through!

Cheryl

 

[dananmis22]

HaHaHa, Angie! I haven't experienced this and I won't, I refuse to let my kids grow anymore. But I can feel your nerves! I can still remember when I started driving. That is when all the trouble started and that is why my kids aren't growing any more!:+

 

[wutherhi]

Oh, man, I hear ya! I've got a fifteen-year-old boy just starting to drive. He's already had his first wreck (in the parking lot--$1500 damage), and he's only on his restricted license. What happens when he's 16?

The poor baby is just too distractable (sp?), and (big surprise) overconfident. Sometimes, he just forgets things like looking behind him when he changes lanes, the importance of choosing and staying in only ONE lane, and the fact that there are other drivers on the road as well.

I'm just terrified of letting him loose without one of us. He's a lot like his mama, and I remember when I first started driving. It was truly a miracle I survived. I think I'll just hide his wallet and his keys when he turns 16. Whose idea was this, anyway? Sixteen-year-olds are FAR too young to be let loose on the roads.

Shari

 

[JAFitMama]

I volunteer to potty train someone elses toddlers and let them teach my last two kids to drive. I have an infanite suply of grey hairs from teaching the first two of my children to drive.
Judy
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[scm]

Glad you're still alive, Angie! hahaha I remember (years ago) my father teaching me to drive. It's a wonder I didn't give him a heart attack! He's the type to *push* someone a little too fast... I learned to ride a bike by starting at the top of a hill. Well, I learned to drive starting in NY and going to MA (near the NH boarder).

Susan C.M.

 

[DebbieH]

Angie, that is soo funny! Good Luck! It ain't easy! My twin sis & I went to take our driver's test and my twin sis failed hers because she saw an elderly lady wanting to cross the road and was afraid she would hit her so she went right thru the stop sign to get around the corner faster! I also failed the first time! The flag on the pole barely touched my car when I was parallel parking and I swear the wind made it touch my car. The tester didn't agree! :7
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[Bobbi]

My blood pressure shot up at least 20 points just reading your post, Angie! I have memories of taking Ali that include a punctured tire, ("Look out for that ginormous rock!") my car falling off the jack. Twice. (It's been about 21 years since I SUCESSFULLY changed a tire.) I bent my car. And Ali was in tears while I sweated and tried to make it all okay. It was August in Tucson (110 in the shade and no shade). Can you say Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome?
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