sartre 0 #1 August 4, 2008 I gave my daughter her first driving lesson yesterday Actually, she did really well, but it's so weird to me to see my daughter behind the wheel of a car!! She kept hitting the brake instead of the gas, but that's sooo much preferable to the other way around. Amazingly, I wasn't nervous at all, but I did keep cracking up at her crazy stops and starts. Then she'd have to stop because she'd start laughing too. Every time a car came anywhere in the vicinity (we were in a huge, mostly empty parking lot), she'd say, "OH GOD!" and hit the brakes. Right now she's convinced she'll never be able to drive on the streets with other cars, but I know she'll be fine. I'd be interested to hear others' stories of teaching their kiddos to drive...how do they get from diapers to driver's permits so quickly?? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites kbordson 8 #2 August 4, 2008 Quote I'd be interested to hear others' stories of teaching their kiddos to drive...how do they get from diapers to driver's permits so quickly?? I taught my stepson to drive. So... his bad habits are my creation. I was stationed in South Dakota and the age of permits there is 14, so I would take him out on the back roads and teach him how to drive. When he went back to Wisconsin, his mother HATED being in the car with him (and he didn't like her being there either) and there was all kinds of nervous tension and white knuckles and yelling. But... when he was driving with me, he was calm, and (generally) would do as I recommended (you might want to slow down now... there's probably a cop up there) I liked teaching him. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Jewels 0 #3 August 4, 2008 Thanks for the warning! She's going to be fine behind the wheel . . . eventually. Good luck! I think there should be a way to set up a gift registry to buy extra insurance on a driver when kids start turning 16. We'd all feel better. TPM Sister #102 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites turtlespeed 226 #4 August 4, 2008 That is Awesone Yvonne. I wish you the best of luck, and hope that she is as safe as possible. Keep us posted on the teaching techniques and methods . . . I'll be needing some soon, I should have already started the process. I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites sartre 0 #5 August 4, 2008 Quote I taught my stepson to drive. So... his bad habits are my creation. Hilarious!! As we were driving to the practice site, I was munching on a few of her french fries. She said to me, "So, I gather, when I start driving I shouldn't be doing what you're doing now?" I reminded her that I've been driving for more than 20 years (yes, I started when I was nine ) but that, true, it is best to focus on driving and driving only behind the wheel. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites sartre 0 #6 August 4, 2008 Quote Thanks for the warning! She's going to be fine behind the wheel . . . eventually. Good luck! I think there should be a way to set up a gift registry to buy extra insurance on a driver when kids start turning 16. We'd all feel better. I think we need to find a way to wrap their cars in bubble wrap for the first few years..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites sartre 0 #7 August 4, 2008 Quote That is Awesone Yvonne. I wish you the best of luck, and hope that she is as safe as possible. Keep us posted on the teaching techniques and methods . . . I'll be needing some soon, I should have already started the process. Yeah, me too. Around here they have to have their permit for a year before they can get their license....not sure if this is a state or federal regulation. I'm not in any hurry to have to purchase her a car anyway. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Jewels 0 #8 August 4, 2008 That, and she should be required to drive with a Pro Tec on. (Don't want anything to be obscured by wearing a full face.) You could always get Troy and Hooknswoop to give her driving lessons. Come to think of it, maybe they'd give me some driving lessons. That would be awesome! My insurance premiums would never be the same again. TPM Sister #102 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites sartre 0 #9 August 4, 2008 Well, I do have my pink Pro Tec I could make her wear. That would go over really well! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Jewels 0 #10 August 4, 2008 Quote Well, I do have my pink Pro Tec I could make her wear. That would go over really well! I would love to see that! TPM Sister #102 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites sartre 0 #11 August 4, 2008 Quote You could always get Troy and Hooknswoop to give her driving lessons. Come to think of it, maybe they'd give me some driving lessons. That would be awesome! My insurance premiums would never be the same again. OH HELL NO!!!! LOL!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Jewels 0 #12 August 4, 2008 Quote Quote You could always get Troy and Hooknswoop to give her driving lessons. Come to think of it, maybe they'd give me some driving lessons. That would be awesome! My insurance premiums would never be the same again. OH HELL NO!!!! LOL!! C'mon, where's your sense of adventure???TPM Sister #102 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites sartre 0 #13 August 4, 2008 Yeah, I think I'll keep the adventures at the DZ, thank you very much! The longer she is afraid to go faster than 15 miles per hour the better!!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Jewels 0 #14 August 4, 2008 So . . . you pretty much have until Saturday, then?TPM Sister #102 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites turtlespeed 226 #15 August 4, 2008 Quote That, and she should be required to drive with a Pro Tec on. (Don't want anything to be obscured by wearing a full face.) You could always get Troy and Hooknswoop to give her driving lessons. Come to think of it, maybe they'd give me some driving lessons. That would be awesome! My insurance premiums would never be the same again. Send them all to the "FutureDivot School of Driving and Other Fun Stuff."I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Jewels 0 #16 August 4, 2008 QuoteSend them all to the "FutureDivot School of Driving and Other Fun Stuff." I don't think her daughter is old enough for that. . . .TPM Sister #102 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites billeisele 130 #17 August 5, 2008 scare 'em as best you can, take her to a junk yard and show her some wrecks with the hair in the windsheild and teeth in the steering wheel for some reason they just don't realize that driving is dangerousGive one city to the thugs so they can all live together. I vote for Chicago where they have strict gun laws. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites sartre 0 #18 August 5, 2008 Quote scare 'em as best you can, take her to a junk yard and show her some wrecks with the hair in the windsheild and teeth in the steering wheel for some reason they just don't realize that driving is dangerous Do they realize anything is dangerous?! I remember at age 18 flying past people on a snowy highway in the winter. 5 minutes later I hit some ice and did a 360 to the right, a 180 to the left, and wound up in the ditch facing the wrong way. Luckily, I didn't hit anyone else, didn't hurt myself, and learned from that to be much more respectful of road conditions. God I hope my daughter is smarter than I am.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites SuFantasma 0 #19 August 5, 2008 Quote I'd be interested to hear others' stories of teaching their kiddos to drive...how do they get from diapers to driver's permits so quickly?? Hit the brakes now! Soon enough she will be asking: ...how do they get from driver's permit to diapers so quickly??Y yo, pa' vivir con miedo, prefiero morir sonriendo, con el recuerdo vivo". - Ruben Blades, "Adan Garcia" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites ryoder 1,590 #20 August 5, 2008 Quote Do they realize anything is dangerous?! I remember at age 18 flying past people on a snowy highway in the winter. 5 minutes later I hit some ice and did a 360 to the right, a 180 to the left, and wound up in the ditch facing the wrong way. That was you???I was the guy in the Jeep you passed, that stopped to ask if you were OK, and if you wanted me to pull you out.You nodded while sucking frantically on a cigarette to calm your nerves. (I swear this actually happened near Kalamazoo MI, and the driver was a chick about 18.)"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites sartre 0 #21 August 6, 2008 LOL, well, it wasn't me. I've never smoked and this happened between Cheyenne and Laramie. On the plus side, the guy in the seat beside me immediately professed his undying love for me because we didn't die!! Kevin Cartie, are you out there anywhere?!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites sartre 0 #22 August 6, 2008 Quote Quote I'd be interested to hear others' stories of teaching their kiddos to drive...how do they get from diapers to driver's permits so quickly?? Hit the brakes now! Soon enough she will be asking: ...how do they get from driver's permit to diapers so quickly?? Ooh, that rings a little too close to home. I see people in adult diapers every day that I work. Believe me, I see the future, and it is not pretty! (That's why I'm treating her so well now...some day, I'll be at her mercy ) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites bjjman 0 #23 August 6, 2008 Sounds exactly like a Boulder driver based on my experience there. "Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds." -Albert Einstein Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Join the conversation You can post now and register later. 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kbordson 8 #2 August 4, 2008 Quote I'd be interested to hear others' stories of teaching their kiddos to drive...how do they get from diapers to driver's permits so quickly?? I taught my stepson to drive. So... his bad habits are my creation. I was stationed in South Dakota and the age of permits there is 14, so I would take him out on the back roads and teach him how to drive. When he went back to Wisconsin, his mother HATED being in the car with him (and he didn't like her being there either) and there was all kinds of nervous tension and white knuckles and yelling. But... when he was driving with me, he was calm, and (generally) would do as I recommended (you might want to slow down now... there's probably a cop up there) I liked teaching him. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jewels 0 #3 August 4, 2008 Thanks for the warning! She's going to be fine behind the wheel . . . eventually. Good luck! I think there should be a way to set up a gift registry to buy extra insurance on a driver when kids start turning 16. We'd all feel better. TPM Sister #102 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turtlespeed 226 #4 August 4, 2008 That is Awesone Yvonne. I wish you the best of luck, and hope that she is as safe as possible. Keep us posted on the teaching techniques and methods . . . I'll be needing some soon, I should have already started the process. I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sartre 0 #5 August 4, 2008 Quote I taught my stepson to drive. So... his bad habits are my creation. Hilarious!! As we were driving to the practice site, I was munching on a few of her french fries. She said to me, "So, I gather, when I start driving I shouldn't be doing what you're doing now?" I reminded her that I've been driving for more than 20 years (yes, I started when I was nine ) but that, true, it is best to focus on driving and driving only behind the wheel. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sartre 0 #6 August 4, 2008 Quote Thanks for the warning! She's going to be fine behind the wheel . . . eventually. Good luck! I think there should be a way to set up a gift registry to buy extra insurance on a driver when kids start turning 16. We'd all feel better. I think we need to find a way to wrap their cars in bubble wrap for the first few years..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sartre 0 #7 August 4, 2008 Quote That is Awesone Yvonne. I wish you the best of luck, and hope that she is as safe as possible. Keep us posted on the teaching techniques and methods . . . I'll be needing some soon, I should have already started the process. Yeah, me too. Around here they have to have their permit for a year before they can get their license....not sure if this is a state or federal regulation. I'm not in any hurry to have to purchase her a car anyway. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jewels 0 #8 August 4, 2008 That, and she should be required to drive with a Pro Tec on. (Don't want anything to be obscured by wearing a full face.) You could always get Troy and Hooknswoop to give her driving lessons. Come to think of it, maybe they'd give me some driving lessons. That would be awesome! My insurance premiums would never be the same again. TPM Sister #102 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sartre 0 #9 August 4, 2008 Well, I do have my pink Pro Tec I could make her wear. That would go over really well! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jewels 0 #10 August 4, 2008 Quote Well, I do have my pink Pro Tec I could make her wear. That would go over really well! I would love to see that! TPM Sister #102 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sartre 0 #11 August 4, 2008 Quote You could always get Troy and Hooknswoop to give her driving lessons. Come to think of it, maybe they'd give me some driving lessons. That would be awesome! My insurance premiums would never be the same again. OH HELL NO!!!! LOL!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jewels 0 #12 August 4, 2008 Quote Quote You could always get Troy and Hooknswoop to give her driving lessons. Come to think of it, maybe they'd give me some driving lessons. That would be awesome! My insurance premiums would never be the same again. OH HELL NO!!!! LOL!! C'mon, where's your sense of adventure???TPM Sister #102 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sartre 0 #13 August 4, 2008 Yeah, I think I'll keep the adventures at the DZ, thank you very much! The longer she is afraid to go faster than 15 miles per hour the better!!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jewels 0 #14 August 4, 2008 So . . . you pretty much have until Saturday, then?TPM Sister #102 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turtlespeed 226 #15 August 4, 2008 Quote That, and she should be required to drive with a Pro Tec on. (Don't want anything to be obscured by wearing a full face.) You could always get Troy and Hooknswoop to give her driving lessons. Come to think of it, maybe they'd give me some driving lessons. That would be awesome! My insurance premiums would never be the same again. Send them all to the "FutureDivot School of Driving and Other Fun Stuff."I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jewels 0 #16 August 4, 2008 QuoteSend them all to the "FutureDivot School of Driving and Other Fun Stuff." I don't think her daughter is old enough for that. . . .TPM Sister #102 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billeisele 130 #17 August 5, 2008 scare 'em as best you can, take her to a junk yard and show her some wrecks with the hair in the windsheild and teeth in the steering wheel for some reason they just don't realize that driving is dangerousGive one city to the thugs so they can all live together. I vote for Chicago where they have strict gun laws. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sartre 0 #18 August 5, 2008 Quote scare 'em as best you can, take her to a junk yard and show her some wrecks with the hair in the windsheild and teeth in the steering wheel for some reason they just don't realize that driving is dangerous Do they realize anything is dangerous?! I remember at age 18 flying past people on a snowy highway in the winter. 5 minutes later I hit some ice and did a 360 to the right, a 180 to the left, and wound up in the ditch facing the wrong way. Luckily, I didn't hit anyone else, didn't hurt myself, and learned from that to be much more respectful of road conditions. God I hope my daughter is smarter than I am.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SuFantasma 0 #19 August 5, 2008 Quote I'd be interested to hear others' stories of teaching their kiddos to drive...how do they get from diapers to driver's permits so quickly?? Hit the brakes now! Soon enough she will be asking: ...how do they get from driver's permit to diapers so quickly??Y yo, pa' vivir con miedo, prefiero morir sonriendo, con el recuerdo vivo". - Ruben Blades, "Adan Garcia" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,590 #20 August 5, 2008 Quote Do they realize anything is dangerous?! I remember at age 18 flying past people on a snowy highway in the winter. 5 minutes later I hit some ice and did a 360 to the right, a 180 to the left, and wound up in the ditch facing the wrong way. That was you???I was the guy in the Jeep you passed, that stopped to ask if you were OK, and if you wanted me to pull you out.You nodded while sucking frantically on a cigarette to calm your nerves. (I swear this actually happened near Kalamazoo MI, and the driver was a chick about 18.)"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sartre 0 #21 August 6, 2008 LOL, well, it wasn't me. I've never smoked and this happened between Cheyenne and Laramie. On the plus side, the guy in the seat beside me immediately professed his undying love for me because we didn't die!! Kevin Cartie, are you out there anywhere?!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sartre 0 #22 August 6, 2008 Quote Quote I'd be interested to hear others' stories of teaching their kiddos to drive...how do they get from diapers to driver's permits so quickly?? Hit the brakes now! Soon enough she will be asking: ...how do they get from driver's permit to diapers so quickly?? Ooh, that rings a little too close to home. I see people in adult diapers every day that I work. Believe me, I see the future, and it is not pretty! (That's why I'm treating her so well now...some day, I'll be at her mercy ) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bjjman 0 #23 August 6, 2008 Sounds exactly like a Boulder driver based on my experience there. "Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds." -Albert Einstein Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
