I, too, grew up in the country. It was nothing to have us kids driving the old Chevy pickup around the back-roads. I think I was around 10-11 when my dad would let me drive the truck with him sitting next to me. Around 12-13 I was driving with him sitting in the passenger seat. Around 14, I was driving myself to work at a nearby farm.
All that time, it was on backroads (half of them paved, half of them gravel) so I never got on the highway and risked any accidents. I did, however, gain a lot of driving experience in those years before I got my license. I learned how to slide around a gravel road s-curve or intersection without slowing down much. I learned how to raise a good amount of dust to create a huge "smoke-screen" behid me. This is the real-life experiences that they don't teach you in driver's education. M!ke -----Original Message----- From: Deanna Schneider [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 20, 2005 8:06 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Her First Fender Bender 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. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:5:161276 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
