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http://www.thedetroitbureau.com/2012/04/american-teens-waiting-longer-to-drive/
'driving interferes with texting'
(That actually did made me laugh!)
Bill
'driving interferes with texting'
Bill
This is interesting. I've not known any kids to fail the written learner's permit test. I have, on the other hand, known many kids who fail the road test on at least the first try. But that's a good thing. If the kid isn't skilled enough to pass the road test, then s/he shouldn't be driving alone. What makes me nervous is the kid with shaky driving skills who passes the road test because he had a good day and got lucky....Plus there are very few students who pass the test to get a learner's permit on the first try. Many kids are taking the test over and over again and still net passing...
My experience also. What are those kids doing that can't pass the test after multiple tries? Are they just brain dead, or are they finding out the hard way why that stuff is called dope? (See my sig.) Then again, if the problem is due to chemicals, they probably have already lost the ability to reason such things...This is interesting. I've not known any kids to fail the written learner's permit test...
My parents' 1972 Mercury Monterey station wagon had seatbelts like that. I drove that old rustbucket almost until the wheels fell off. Literally.Gosh I remember taking my driving test in a 1969 Buick Skylark 2 door hardtop way back in 1976. Remember those separate shoulder and lap belts on the cars in that era?
Well, I'm a special education teacher ... so maybe it's just the kids on my caseload who are failing the first time! However, there are always teenagers in my house so I don't think that's the case. I always hear about who's taken the test & how many times they've taken it. Most try to take the test, at least the first time, WITHOUT studying the manual...This is interesting. I've not known any kids to fail the written learner's permit test. I have, on the other hand, known many kids who fail the road test on at least the first try. But that's a good thing. If the kid isn't skilled enough to pass the road test, then s/he shouldn't be driving alone. What makes me nervous is the kid with shaky driving skills who passes the road test because he had a good day and got lucky.![]()
Interesting take on the kids not having the desire to drive at an early age. Maybe it has something to do with the ability to connect with their friends via social networking and cell phones, both of which we didn't have way back when. My quest to drive in 1961 was freedom from the boring house and the ability to go places and see friends.Even before I was old enough to get my learner's permit, I was passionate about cars and driving. I watched my parents drive like a hawk, and asked questions (about the car, about the rules of the road, etc.). When it was close to my 16th birthday, I grabbed and studied the guide, but I already knew everything with the exception of things like DWI blood alcohol percentages, points against your license for infractions, etc. Passed my learner's permit test first time. Then took my road test in my Dad's 1976 VW Rabbit with a 4-speed stick. People thought I was crazy taking my road test in a manual tranny car (you had to use hand signals during the road test back then), but I did it smoothly, and passed my road test on the first try too.
My son turned 16 just a couple of weeks ago, on 3/24. His birthday was on a Saturday, which would have killed me when I was 16. But my son didn't have the burning desire to start driving ASAP like I did when I was his age. I finally got him to take his learner's permit test this past Monday, and that was only because he's on spring break, and I had Monday off as a floating holiday from my employer. So it was convenient for both of us. Even so, I had to urge him repeatedly to study and make sure that he was ready, or he wouldn't have taken the test on Monday either. He passed the test with a 90%. I'm teaching him to drive a stick now, using my old 1999 Honda Civic that I kept as a "kids' car" after buying the 2010 Golf. My 18-year-old daughter learned to drive on the Civic, and now it's my son's turn.
But neither of my kids had the burning desire to drive like I had when I was 16. For me, driving was priority #1. My kids' indifference was overwhelming.
I just don't get it.![]()
This is likely to be a large part of the reason why.Interesting take on the kids not having the desire to drive at an early age. Maybe it has something to do with the ability to connect with their friends via social networking and cell phones, both of which we didn't have way back when. My quest to drive in 1961 was freedom from the boring house and the ability to go places and see friends.
Today, my granddaughter (17 years old) drives to school (she has to based on the situation) but is constantly "connected" via the iPhone and computer.
My 1992 Jetta has seat belts like that, everyone who rides in the passenger seat usually takes awhile to figure them out since it's an unorthodox style these days. I love it...lolGosh I remember taking my driving test in a 1969 Buick Skylark 2 door hardtop way back in 1976. Remember those separate shoulder and lap belts on the cars in that era?
My parents had a 69 Buick Skylark....green with black vinyl roof.Gosh I remember taking my driving test in a 1969 Buick Skylark 2 door hardtop way back in 1976. Remember those separate shoulder and lap belts on the cars in that era?