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Volbackhomefromtx said:
I taught both my teenagers how to drive, one girl and one boy, two years apart. We were living in Arlington, TX at the time. I took them to big high schools before it got dark on weekdays and on weekends when there were no activities going on. The schools had quite a lot of pavement and multiple parking lots. Patience and being calm is the key. Good luck!!

edit. Both had driver’s training courses in high school but that wasn’t enough for them, hence the additional practice.
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I sat my oldest in the drivers seat and when I came running out of the bank, dove in the passenger side and yelled DRIVE, she took off and never looked back, no really, we never looked back, but I digress. She’s been driving ever since, like Ricky Bobby.
Fear... fear is the greatest teacher, imo.
 
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Proud Army Wife said:
I need some advice. Have any of you had to teach your teen how to drive? My oldest just turned 15 in April and my husband and I have taken her on a few driving lessons in our neighborhood (speed limit 20). I am going to have her study for her permit this summer and enrolled her in driver’s ed at school next year. Is this enough?

It was different for me at that age because I started learning how to drive at 13, and by age 16 I could drive a manual. I think that is a lost art. My first car was a lowered Chevy S10, and I remember being able to shift, drive, smoke a cigarette and talk on the phone at the same time lol. Needless to say that my daughter will be driving on her own by summer next year and that is terrifying to me 😅
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We were living in The ATL at the time BOTH my daughters needed to learn how to drive. As others have said...start in parking lots...'cause (at least for girls) it seemed close parking, parallel parking, etc. was the scariest for them. But...it helped them "spatially" learn the "4-corners of the vehicle" and a "feel" for the size they are in control of. We did just 4-5 sessions of this before hitting the (surface) streets, first. We then learned surface street traffic management. My "mantra" I taught them (which they say till this day if I'm riding with them was) is "Maintain your Lane/Maintain your Speed".

Their "Graduation" was on a Sunday afternoon...they had to COMPLETLY circle ATL on 285 while I would ask them to exit, periodically...park (sometimes parellel) and then get back on The Loop and continue. Making sure they spent some time sandwiched between SEVERAL 18-wheelers. I figured if they could complete THAT...they can drive ANYWHERE. ALSO NOTE: MAKE them drive in rain!

Good luck...and have the whiskey ready when you return home...
 
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Proud Army Wife said:
I need some advice. Have any of you had to teach your teen how to drive? My oldest just turned 15 in April and my husband and I have taken her on a few driving lessons in our neighborhood (speed limit 20). I am going to have her study for her permit this summer and enrolled her in driver’s ed at school next year. Is this enough?

It was different for me at that age because I started learning how to drive at 13, and by age 16 I could drive a manual. I think that is a lost art. My first car was a lowered Chevy S10, and I remember being able to shift, drive, smoke a cigarette and talk on the phone at the same time lol. Needless to say that my daughter will be driving on her own by summer next year and that is terrifying to me 😅
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Here’s an example of how to do it. She’ll be ready to take on the world.

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cobbwebb0710 said:
I sat my oldest in the drivers seat and when I came running out of the bank, dove in the passenger side and yelled DRIVE, she took off and never looked back, no really, we never looked back, but I digress. She’s been driving ever since, like Ricky Bobby.
Fear... fear is the greatest teacher, imo.
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Took my daughter to DMV to get her permit in Sevierville about 10 years ago. She passed the test and when we went to car I tossed her the keys and said drive. I layed passenger seat back and said home please.

Scared me a little but never let her know, only thing I kept saying was you doing great .😁
 
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knoxvol52 said:
Braves would be idiots if they didn't sign Max Fried to a 5 year/ $175 million dollar contract. They need him for next season.
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They better, because all of the young arms that they’ve stockpiled in their farm system, aren’t exactly proving that they’re ready for the bigs right now.
 
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Drewbydoo said:
Allow me to babble on this topic. In Georgia we have to take a defensive driving course within a year of getting our license because passing a driving test is so basic in this state. That class, NOT driver's ed taught me more than driver's ed did - not even close.

You know what tempered and suppresses the urge to drive like a dumbass the most? KNOWing that my parents would be completely lost without me and that all the work and sacrifices they made for me would be for naught. How do I know THAT for sure? They told me so and we talked about it.

On top of that my best friend is very, very reliant on me being alive and that's true even today. He has panic attacks if he's not 100% sure of where I am and pretty much has to see me every 5-6 hours or he gets anxious to the point of having to take .25mg of Xanax and I don't want him to take ANY Xanax.

I love coincidences: I've been trying to teach my best friend how to drive for 4 years because I want him to have the confidence that he can actually do it. His biggest trigger for having a panic attack is behind the wheel trying to drive. Last year, as a 19 year old he could only drive maybe a 10th of a mile before he started hyperventilating. Anyway - he just passed his driver's test this week and I'm more proud of him than he is of himself and made sure he knew I was proud of him. THAT, just knowing that I'm proud of him was a big deal because most adolescent boys have never been told by anyone that someone is proud of them It's a big deal imo and I think parents should be not keep that from them if they are proud of their sons (or daughters for that matter) you think we know it, but it's so nice to hear the words and know parents mean it. Think about that a while - whoever is reading this. It's a big deal to us.

You asked "is this enough?" I'd also make or take the opportunity to teach your daughter how to drive in an icy parking lot and tell her that's what it's like to drive on wet leaves or on a road that hasn't seen any rain for a few weeks and that the oil build up combined with rain is really slick and that the key to driving in those conditions is to not over correct, not to brake and not to just get off the gas and all of those things should be done slowly, not quickly. The number of 4 wheel drive and all wheel drive wreck cars I see driven by adults could have used that advice by the way.

I'd remind your daughter that there are a lot of drivers that are on drugs of some sort because they are addicts and that includes alcohol, but also Xanax, oxy, marijuana and other mind altering drugs and we really should be driving defensively because of that.

Another Georgia rule or law is that we're not allowed to drive with anyone else in the car except a parent or guardian until we pass a defensive driving course or until we've been driving with a license for one calendar year. I think that's an excellent policy because it really is fairly to somewhat distracting to drive with 3-4 other people in the car until it's second nature, plus a car behaves different with 600 or more pounds in the car.
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TDL;DNR. 😜
 
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