I disagree. My opinion is that first-year drivers should not be allowed to have any music for several months. She needs the experience before she can be distracted by music, or her phone, or her friends.
I'm not saying that experience makes for a perfect driver, but you know as well as I, that she hasn't been driving long enough to even know what to expect in certrain situations such as a simple stop sign, road construction, broken traffic signals, etc. I wasn't like this because my training vehicle was a '71 Chevy pickup that only had AM radio and no A/C. I had the windows down, no radio and could concentrate not only on the sights, but the sounds of the road. Nowadays, all the kids care about is a "system" with subs and CD changer. She has never once said anything about adding stuff to the Durango that would make for safer driving. It's all that damn "system" stuff. A few weeks ago, I took the CD player from the Durango and put it in my Corvette. She now has the factory with AM/FM/Cassette. Her mom is the one that wants to spoil her with all the other stuff. I admit it's nice knowing that she has the strength of the Durango, as long as she doesn't roll it, but she doesn't realize how good she has it with 4x4, AC, power everything, and a decent radio. This has been the main source of friction between me and my wife and daughter recently. I know my daughter and she acts aloof a lot of the time and the last thing she needs is another distraction. But, fortunately, she had one of the highest driving test scores, so I know she's a good driver, in the technical sense, but there is more to it than that. M!ke -----Original Message----- From: Jason Lemahieu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 20, 2005 10:53 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Her First Fender Bender I'm going to argue that a CD player is not actually a distraction, but is actually the opposite of one. Assuming your daughter listens to music and knows what she wants to listen to, she can just put in a CD and there, it's done. The other option is the radio - where she will be constantly flipping through stations trying to find a song she likes. I guess a counterpoint would be that with a CD player, she can put in her favorite song over and over and sing wild and crazy and dance around the car while she's driving, but i guess it depends on the driver :/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:5:161280 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
