Teen Driver Advice To Parents Info Center
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"Drive Home
Safe" Teenagers
talking straight works! Parents need Now Is Not The Time To Hold Back... |
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When it comes to teens driving, what should parents know? What don't they know? What should parents keep doing? What should they change? |
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"...Here is my advice: LET THEM DRIVE! Scotteville, Virginia. "I'm 17 and a pretty good driver, I wear my seat belt and I try not to speed. I think the quote at the top said it perfectly ("..there are responsible teens in this world too, it isn't fair that the responsible teens have to suffer for the reckless drivers.") To the parents with teens who are getting their learner permits, here is my advice: let them drive! I know it's scary but this is your chance to teach them so when they turn sixteen they'll be ready to drive on their own, 14 hours in car, drivers ed. and 36 classroom drivers ed. is not enough. But if you give them practice (time) they'll have a better chance at being good drivers and you'll probably feel at least a little more confident about them driving on their own. Also, when they are driving, try as much as possible to not hold onto the celing handle (if there is one). That always made me very nervous. Thanks for listening to us!" |
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"...They will just end up ruining it for the rest of of us..." Atlanta, GA. "I don't want to be the square here but you wanna know something? It isn't fair to the good kids when the bad kids wreck their shot at driving. so PARENTS I am calling on you to know whether or not your kid deserves a license. If they are a bad kid always up in trouble then DO NOT GIVE THEM A LICENSE. They will just end up ruining it for the rest of us, and killing people to boot. So parents, you want some control, you want to do what's best? well then be responsible. if your kid is in trouble at school then they don't deserve a license cause chances are they will abuse it. Plain and simple. and let us good kids who keep out of junk have a fair shot." |
"...That's what puts the pressure on teens these days..." Kansas City, KS. "Why are parents always thinking negative, when it comes to teens and driving. There are positive, and good things to be held against teens, when they start out driving, instead of saying it negatively, and saying things like how you could be in a car crash. That's what puts the pressure on teens these days. So next time you talk to your teen, don't pressure them on the negative things about driving. Think Positive!!" |
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"...but there are responsible teens in this world too, it isn't fair..." Atlanta, GA, "All I want to say is it's not fair that the driving age is going to be raised up to 17 or 18. Mac Collins is the one responsible for all this drama in our teenage lives. We know where he is comin' from tellin' us that there are teens dieing daily in Georgia, but there are responsible teens in this world too, it isn't fair that the responsible teens have to suffer for the reckless drivers. Our suggestion is that he should make a Drivers Ed for high school students in the 9th and 10th grade and if they don't pass the test they don't get the license." |
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...all of their words are so true" Westfield, Ill "I just read all the responses .... and I think all of their words are so true. Parents scream at their kids when they first learn to drive and then expect the kids to chauffeur them around. I really don't think it's fair, because its not." |
"...I bought the car
..." "My parents yell at me for the way I drive and when I drive. I think because I bought the car I should be able to drive the way I want to drive. If I get into trouble then its my fault not theirs." |
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"So, they need to chill out with that mess! Atlanta, GA. "I hate when parents yell at u when you're driving the way they don't want u to. I'm a very cautious driver, but when i started to learn how to drive, all they did was scream and yell at me. Its like they were the ones that made me not want to drive in the first place. So, they need to chill out with that mess! Cuz they're the ones that are gonna make us very nervous and scared." |
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"...That's not the case!" New York City, N.Y. "Whenever a teenager says they wanna drive most of the time the parents will
say..."why u wanna grow up so fast?" I hate that. I would say that and it got on my
nerves. Now, I'm driving and I like it but when we say that, they think we wanna grow up too fast and that's not the
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"Make up your mind, please." ... Austin, TX. Whose car is it really? When I'm doing what you want, it's mine; when it needs to be kept up it's mine. But when I'm not in your good graces, I'm suddenly not taking care of other people's property, meaning the car really belongs to you. Make up your mind! Either the car is mine or it's not. Stop taking it and giving it back. |
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"I Need To Spend My Money My Way"... Atlanta, GA. Parents think when you spend your money on your ride (they think)
you're wasting it when you buy a system that jams. To me, that's not
wasting money. Music needs to sound right or else it shouldn't be listened
to at all. My music is everything. It tells about me and what I'm about. To
be in the car and not have it sounding right isn't enough. I think parents
should lighten up about how I spend my money to make the car more of me.
Frankly, I don't want to drive the thing if it has to be about what my
parents think the ride should be. |
Seatbelts Could Have Saved My Friends. Phoenix, AZ My parents rag on me about wearing seatbelts. It was getting to a point where, man, it was too much to listen to. It's not that I don't want to wear the things, it's just that I forget. But I'm getting better about wearing them. My friends were coming out the driveway in a jeep. There was this guy driving who was drunk and hit them. All of them were killed because they didn't have their seatbelts on. Somehow the drunk driver lived, which doesn't seem fair. I still forget to wear my seatbelts sometimes but that's raw what happened to my friends. |
