TPD
the poor dad
Don't wait till your kid is 16 before letting them get behind the wheel of your car for the 1st time. Start taking them to an empty parking lot or a rural county road or down your driveway when they are 10-12 years old and let them get the feel of the wheel and teach them what a gas and brake pedal is and WHERE it is.
My kid comes home from high school today and tells me about this distracted driving simulator they had set up during her lunch period. She had to laugh at all the kids (majority) that got into the car and had no clue how to drive, and certainly not while texting. She said some kids didn't even know how to operate the gas pedal. High school kids that have never been behind the wheel - SMH! My daughter is only 14, but if she had to, she could get me home from a bar on a Friday night without killing us. Yeah - she's fortunate enough to have grown up on a farm and been driving something since about 7 or 8 years old, AND she wasn't glued to a DVD screen in the back seat for the last 14 years - we conversate while driving - talking about the rules of the road, driving maneuvers, road map reading, etc. It only takes a little time now to teach them right!
Drive Square Program @ SMCPS - http://www.smcps.org/news/drive-square-program-safe-driving-program-at-high-schools
My kid comes home from high school today and tells me about this distracted driving simulator they had set up during her lunch period. She had to laugh at all the kids (majority) that got into the car and had no clue how to drive, and certainly not while texting. She said some kids didn't even know how to operate the gas pedal. High school kids that have never been behind the wheel - SMH! My daughter is only 14, but if she had to, she could get me home from a bar on a Friday night without killing us. Yeah - she's fortunate enough to have grown up on a farm and been driving something since about 7 or 8 years old, AND she wasn't glued to a DVD screen in the back seat for the last 14 years - we conversate while driving - talking about the rules of the road, driving maneuvers, road map reading, etc. It only takes a little time now to teach them right!
Drive Square Program @ SMCPS - http://www.smcps.org/news/drive-square-program-safe-driving-program-at-high-schools