Kids beggining to drive

[P man]

So the time has come for my daughter to start driving. She just received her permit yesterday and of course is rearing to go. There is a large age gap between her and my boys so I'm fuzzy on the details of how to safely get her started.

How did your kids start out? Empty parking lot? Practice backing? Or maybe drive through town? I'm assuming we are probably going to stay off the highways or busy roads.

She is attending driving school so she will get some on road training there

 

[Cornbread]

I think motor skills pre-drivers license makes for a good start, such as mowing lawn or riding atv's, etc growing up.

 

[srimes]

So the time has come for my daughter to start driving. She just received her permit yesterday and of course is rearing to go. There is a large age gap between her and my boys so I'm fuzzy on the details of how to safely get her started.

How did your kids start out? Empty parking lot? Practice backing? Or maybe drive through town? I'm assuming we are probably going to stay off the highways or busy roads.

She is attending driving school so she will get some on road training there

Empty parking lot or field for sure. Then empty back roads. The less high-value/high-damaging obstacles the better when first starting out.

Have her get a feel for the basics: accelerating, stopping, turning. It's important to practice panic stops too. If they only practice smooth and gentle they won't know what to do when they have to stomp on the binders.

 

[JMT]

started on a manual transmission in the country. Low traffic area. They need time behind the wheel. Two of my three drivers have had accidents in the first year. I think it’s just lack of driving experience. One had coffee in the car and it fell and she reached for it. Bang. Totaled a parked Taco. The other on highway. Line of cars came to sudden halt. Lightly hit the back of a car. $5k in damage and it didn’t look too bad. Was less than 5mph at impact. Probably following too close. Both had to pay for their wrecks. $$$$$

The best advice I can give you is to train them to stay away from other cars. I know that’s not entirely possible, but it is to a large degree. It’s changed the way I drive.

EDIT: Panic stops for sure. Stomping on the brakes so they see what happens.

 

[P man]

started on a manual transmission in the country. Low traffic area. They need time behind the wheel. Two of my three drivers have had accidents in the first year. I think it’s just lack of driving experience. One had coffee in the car and it fell and she reached for it. Bang. Totaled a parked Taco. The other on highway. Line of cars came to sudden halt. Lightly hit the back of a car. $5k in damage and it didn’t look too bad. Was less than 5mph at impact. Probably following too close. Both had to pay for their wrecks. $$$$$

The best advice I can give you is to train them to stay away from other cars. I know that’s not entirely possible, but it is to a large degree. It’s changed the way I drive.

EDIT: Panic stops for sure. Stomping on the brakes so they see what happens.

When I started driving they preached defensive driving and I feel it helped me become the superb driver I am today lol..I told my boys when they started driving to assume every driver on the road was out to crash Into them and ruin their lives and have found that to be mostly accurate. Thanks for the reply

 

[Apparition]

When I started driving they preached defensive driving and I feel it helped me become the superb driver I am today lol..I told my boys when they started driving to assume every driver on the road was out to crash Into them and ruin their lives and have found that to be mostly accurate. Thanks for the reply

Put them on a slow moving tractor on a busy highway pulling something so you can't see what's behind you. Then make them cross the other lane to pull into a drive way.

That's how I learned everybody out there is going to try to kill you.