Well it is going to happen with new drivers regardless of wether they get their license at 16 or 18. It just happens statistics show we all have at least 2 accidents with 1 of them being our fault. I'm batting 200%+. Had my first accident when i was 17. I had dropped my baby sister off at middle school and i was on the way to high school and i pulled into the medien and a bus was there. So instead of sitting and holding the bus up i kept going becuase i had looked and i had a clear shot across. What i didn't see was that a car was just behind the bus out of my line of sight so i got tboned in our van by a buick lasabre. Guy was doing like 70+ in a 50. I would have been killed if i was not wearing my seatbelt i am sure. Van was pretty banged up the car was totalled though. My dad was not the most wealthy guy so he just welded a big piece of steel plate over the hole in the side of the van. And the side door was gone and the van became a 2 door :>.
He drove that van for another 6 years or so, she was 12-13 when she was finally put to sleep with 350k miles on her. I think 3 of my accidents were my fault 2 were others. http://www.williamwheatley.com/pics/Accident/ This was one i had after getting back from LA. On 6/20/05, Kevin Graeme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yeah, my mother took time off and took me out of school to go get me > my license on my 16th. It was partly because she was cool that way and > partly because she was tired of driving me and my friends all over the > place. And she had a pretty good grasp on my responsibility level. > Pretty good. It took me a year to total that first car. > > -Kevin > > On 6/20/05, Deanna Schneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:161234 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=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
