Hm. Weird. I got my license on my 16th birthday and drove myself to school the next day. But, I grew up in the country - we all got our license's ASAP and driving was a necessity.
I did get into 2 accidents before I was 17 - but neither was my fault - one was a truck that blew a stop sign and broadsided me and the other was a 6 year old that ran out onto a highway from behind a snow bank. My parents made me get right back in the car after both accidents. In fact, after the broadsided one (the car was totalled), I got in a different car and drove myself to work - and ended up being only a couple of hours late. On 6/20/05, Adkins, Randy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I can totally relate to your situation.. > > About 2 years ago our teenager thought she was ready to drive > as well and I had taking her out a few times driving and she > was doing really well. Nervous but well. > > Anyway, this one day I allowed her to drive us all back home from > someplace (don't remember where now), well as soon as she started > turning into the drive way, she said she froze and put my Nissan > Pathfinder right into our tree out front. > > Luckily no one was hurt but I had to put the truck in 4-wheel drive > and force the truck off the tree causing the bumper to break off and > become lodged into the tree. I had to take an axe and cut the damn > bumper out of the tree. > > It has taken her 2 years now before she is driving again. This time > she has a used car to drive since we both have SUVs and she is not > driving those. One is a Durango and the other is a Trailblazer. > > She can driver her small a$$ car.. > > So as you can see.. I understand your frustrations as well. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dawson, Michael [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2005 10:32 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Her First Fender Bender > > Well, I hoped it wouldn't happen, especially this early, but my > 16-year-old, who just got her license recently, was backing the Durango > out of the driveway. We have a double-wide drive that is shared with > the neighbor's vacant house, so there was plenty of room for two, maybe > even three, vehicles to pass in our drive. > > Well, my other daughter's friend was just dropped off by her mom to go > to camp with my other daughter. She had parked in such as way that I > couldn't get my '86 Corvette into the carport where I normally park. > So, I parked at the end of the drive where there was plenty of room for > people to get around me. > > I was on my laptop when my 16-year-old daughter was backing out of the > driveway. She then ran up to the house and told my wife, "I just ran > into Dad's car!" > > I thought to myself, "Oh, SHIT!" Then I thought she was joking. Well, > my wife ran out and was talking to her so I knew it was for real. I ran > out and looked and she had backed into the front, driver's side fender. > It left paint on the hood and fender. > > Luckily, I was able to rub the paint off with wax, but it broke the > fiberglass wheel well away from the body. A few fender washers put it > mostly back together. The only evidence are a few little spots where > the fiberglass was broken right in the fender area. > > My emotions were going wild. I should yell, because, at least, it was > our vehicle and we didn't have to pay for someone else's repair work, > but on the other hand, she had just been bitching for weeks because I > took the CD player from the Durango and put it in my Corvette. > > I had told her she didn't need the distraction and, unfortunately, I > proved myself right. > > Well, it's all minor, but I'm sure she will remember it for a while. > > M!ke > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:161226 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
