And yeah, there will be private lessons on top of the crap they get through school. I may even see if it would be possible to get her to skip the school based lessons (more the actual driving part than the booked based part) because I was stuck in a car with an absolute idiot that terrified me and my gym teacher was hopelessly clueless.
You've got some really good ideas that make a lot of sense and sound really helpful.
And as we get closer to 16 (she's 11 1/2 now) I'll definitely talk more about the mechanics of driving.
Front seat time will have to wait a bit because I think Maryland's got a rule of who sits up front. Kids under 12 or 100 lbs. need to be in the back. (which is funny because there are lots of adult women who don't weigh enough to sit in the front seat ;-p) It's a seat belt/air bag safety thing.
Re: Learning to drive *smart*
And yeah, there will be private lessons on top of the crap they get through school. I may even see if it would be possible to get her to skip the school based lessons (more the actual driving part than the booked based part) because I was stuck in a car with an absolute idiot that terrified me and my gym teacher was hopelessly clueless.
You've got some really good ideas that make a lot of sense and sound really helpful.
And as we get closer to 16 (she's 11 1/2 now) I'll definitely talk more about the mechanics of driving.
Front seat time will have to wait a bit because I think Maryland's got a rule of who sits up front. Kids under 12 or 100 lbs. need to be in the back. (which is funny because there are lots of adult women who don't weigh enough to sit in the front seat ;-p) It's a seat belt/air bag safety thing.