leogirl
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03-18-09 04:26 PM - Post#80808
In response to DrivinTooFast
From my experience when I started driving it was so much better for me to be taught by an instructor versus my father. My father would freak out in the car and yell at me before I even would make a mistake. He would make me so nervous that I would shake everytime I would drive with him in the car. So from my experience I would say its better to have an isntructor from a reputable company.
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crochet_lover
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Loc: Allen, Texas U.S.A.
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04-11-09 08:51 PM - Post#82425
In response to leogirl
I think my kids agree with you! But we survived drivers ed! I am much more comfortable with them driving. Next, highways!!!!!!!!!!!
BTW, thanks to all for all the encouragement,info,and ideas!
Edited by crochet_lover on 04-11-09 08:53 PM. Reason for edit: No reason given.
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vrs
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Loc: Allen, Texas
Reg: 04-20-00
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04-12-09 11:47 PM - Post#82460
In response to DrivinTooFast
I trust another to provide a curriculum and teach to that curriculum. I assure you I can teach much more about driving safely than any book.
I loved this post from you, given your handle - LOL.
Just for general information, parents who teach their children to drive have to observe a state-approved curriculum. I think from your post you believe that parents who choose to teach their kids to drive can just do whatever they like.
With our kids, it was "Driver's Ed in a Box" There were videos for adults and the kids. Work books. A series of lessons. A stick on mirror for the interior rearview mirror so you could see where your kids eyes were focused.
The kids completed all the video and workbooks and then sat for the written test at the DPS. Once they got their learner's permit, then there were a series of guided driving lessons - learning the vehicle and maneuvering. Finally there was a log book for a certain number of hours of "drive time" and all of the lessons you enumerate in your post were covered somewhere in the curriculum.
When all was complete and signed off, then the student goes to the DPS and takes the driving test.
I believe my sons got a far better driver education from me than they would have from some other instructor. And I taught them both to drive a stick right from the gitgo which they never would have learned at Sears Driving School.
At the end of the day, I believe it is a personal preference (like home schooling or formal schooling of some sort) which route you go. It takes a certain personality and a certain relationship with your child to get through it successfully.
Last point is that all of us need to be aware that, like it or not, we are teaching our children to drive from the time they are tiny. Do we roll through stop signs, cut people off in traffic, talk on the phone, cuss out other drivers, say "I'm fine with a couple of drinks" or simply "drive too fast"? Or do we drive safely, courteously, carefully and attentively?
Does not matter what you say to your kids - almost nothing can prevent them from becoming who you are....
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vrs
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Loc: Allen, Texas
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04-12-09 11:48 PM - Post#82461
In response to crochet_lover
I think my kids agree with you! But we survived drivers ed! I am much more comfortable with them driving. Next, highways!!!!!!!!!!!
BTW, thanks to all for all the encouragement,info,and ideas!
Glad you all made it through - may there be many safe and happy miles for you all as you drink coffee while the older kids take over some of the chauffeur duties for you!!!!
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crochet_lover
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04-13-09 09:21 AM - Post#82466
In response to vrs
Thanks vrs! It is nice to be the passenger and I am seeing things here in Allen I have never seen before! When you drive you don't have time to be sightseeing! But now, it's like,"Has that always been here?" It certainly is a different perspective.
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collegebound
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08-12-10 02:46 PM - Post#116443
In response to DrivinTooFast
I feel as if I am a better drive because my mother taught me instead of a drivers ed teacher. They read the book, go on 8-1 hour drive times, and take the test to get their license. EIGHT hours of driving and get their lience. My mother took me out in the car four times a week, for two hours at a time, and taught me EVERYTHING. I drove in the rain so I would know what to do when I hydroplaned. I drove in the ice so that I would know how to control my car when I skidded out of control. When I was having trouble turning (I didn't trust my auto-steering) my mom took me to an empty parking lot and taught me that I didn't have to turn the wheel back myself. Best of all, when I got scared and froze up while driving, my mother knew how to calm me down, because she is my mother and she knows me. None of that would have happened in driver's ed. I have never had an At-Fault accident. I was hit by a girl, my age (who took driver's ed) after she sideswiped me trying to cross three lanes of traffic without looking. Just because someone is a driver's ed teacher doesn't mean they can drive well. I'm pro-parent taught. 
Edited by collegebound on 08-12-10 02:48 PM. Reason for edit: No reason given.
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texmomma
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08-12-10 03:14 PM - Post#116446
In response to collegebound
Sounds like you had a very responsible mom who taught you well. We have decided to send my daughter to the driving school, so they can hear details that they give that we might be rusty on, things like that. There's no way she's getting her license right after that though. Once she has her permit, her dad and I will spend those hours you're talking about in addition to the driving school, under all conditions, etc. She won't get her license until WE feel she's ready, and then with strict limitations.
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Al C
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08-12-10 03:28 PM - Post#116448
In response to texmomma
Whatever happened to driver's ed in high school? Lots of driving time, written instruction, simulator hours, gorey films ... good times.
I will be teaching my daughters when the time comes. Lesson one will be proper maintenance ... check/change oil, change a flat, check/change/add other auto fluids, etc. Heck, I might even see if I cand find some of those gorey films.
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mspam3
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Loc: Allen TX
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08-12-10 03:49 PM - Post#116450
In response to Al C
I took driver's ed in high school. It was free and we got graded on our performance. I think it was some sort of elective then. The high school wrestling coach taught the class. Times have sure changed!
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jogo
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08-12-10 07:12 PM - Post#116470
In response to collegebound
They read the book, go on 8-1 hour drive times, and take the test to get their license. EIGHT hours of driving and get their lience.
There have been several changes in driving license requirements. Currently, the student must turn in a log proving they have completed at least 20 hours of driving time practicing various maneuvers. It's still not alot but much better than the small requirement of a few years back. Here's the link Instruction Log
The driving school only has 7 - 1 hour drive times so it still leaves alot of time that the parent has to actually be in the car with their teenager teaching them to drive. Plus, I don't think most responsible parents would allow their child to get a license with only 8 hours of practice. My child (who currently has a learner's permit) will not be allowed to even think about getting a drivers license until we feel confident in her driving ability and her behavior and grades indicate that she has the maturity needed to drive alone.
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DrivinTooFast
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12-04-10 06:33 PM - Post#121989
In response to vrs
I trust another to provide a curriculum and teach to that curriculum. I assure you I can teach much more about driving safely than any book.
I loved this post from you, given your handle - LOL.
Just for general information, parents who teach their children to drive have to observe a state-approved curriculum. I think from your post you believe that parents who choose to teach their kids to drive can just do whatever they like.
With our kids, it was "Driver's Ed in a Box" There were videos for adults and the kids. Work books. A series of lessons. A stick on mirror for the interior rearview mirror so you could see where your kids eyes were focused.
The kids completed all the video and workbooks and then sat for the written test at the DPS. Once they got their learner's permit, then there were a series of guided driving lessons - learning the vehicle and maneuvering. Finally there was a log book for a certain number of hours of "drive time" and all of the lessons you enumerate in your post were covered somewhere in the curriculum.
When all was complete and signed off, then the student goes to the DPS and takes the driving test.
I believe my sons got a far better driver education from me than they would have from some other instructor. And I taught them both to drive a stick right from the gitgo which they never would have learned at Sears Driving School.
At the end of the day, I believe it is a personal preference (like home schooling or formal schooling of some sort) which route you go. It takes a certain personality and a certain relationship with your child to get through it successfully.
Last point is that all of us need to be aware that, like it or not, we are teaching our children to drive from the time they are tiny. Do we roll through stop signs, cut people off in traffic, talk on the phone, cuss out other drivers, say "I'm fine with a couple of drinks" or simply "drive too fast"? Or do we drive safely, courteously, carefully and attentively?
Does not matter what you say to your kids - almost nothing can prevent them from becoming who you are....
Ah, My handle is a bit confusing - I race cars - at least I used to do that. Nothing teaches car control like taking a car into a turn at 140 MPH.
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