So I let my son drive tonight.
He is 18. My parents let me get my permit when I was 15 and then I received my driver's license when I was 16. I did not let my son get his permit because I just didn't feel he was ready. So I was finally going to let him get his permit after he took driver's ed. I was going to sign him up today.
He told me he did not need driver's ed. He already knew how to drive. So I let him drive tonight and it is obvious that he has already driven a few hundred times.
It really went pretty well.
How old were you the first time you drove?
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15 years old.
16. I hated it! lol
Glad it went well!
I was 18. I had to buy a car and teach myself to drive.
17, still kinda learning at 19...
9. I was a farm girl, what can I say?
14
Does chasing neighbor kids with a 4 wheeler count? TEN!
15 and I almost killed everyone in the car
I didn't get my license until a week before I started college. I was almost 18. I didn't really drive until I was around 16.
15 1/2 or 16... my dad wouldn't let me touch a car until I got my permit and once I got it he didn't want to teach me. He said once I had an instructor so I got one.... and he was still skeptical.... Still got my license at 16 ... fun times!
I'm not really sure. 17 or 18 maybe? And it was with my husband (at the time, he was my boyfriend).
First drove when I was 16. My dad still will not be in the same car as me while I drive, and I'm 23. A better driver than either my parents.
I was 16... but I didn't get my license until I was 19... A car accident as a young teen scared me horribly and it took me that long to get over my fear... as is, I still don't like to drive.
i think i was 18 when i first really drove a car. always made me nervous. haha.
Driving is very dangerous for me. I tried when I was 15 and there were just too many things to process. It's not that it was hard, I just was never able to process all of the different things you have to keep track of in a car, and watch out for other drivers, and think about the safety of others in the car. I gave up eventually. Then when I was 18 I got involved in a long distance relationship and tried again. Still couldn't process things fast enough to be safe, so I never felt safe when others were in the car, and I never felt safe when I'm behind the wheel. To this day I still can't go a ride in the passenger seat without panicking a few times at reckless drivers and other agressive maneuvers taken by others.
Good Luck with your son and no matter what, support him even if he ends up taking the bus everywhere.
I'll be 19 in three months and I literally don't even know which pedals are which. I don't want to drive... it's too much of a hassle.
A car? I was like 10. I was around cars alot when I was a kid. I drove gocarts, four wheelers, and jet ski's too, so driving a car was no big deal for me.
15 years old
15 when I learned how to do it, 16 when I got my license.
I just got my permit two or three months ago. I've driven probably 6 times - once by myself (crazy step brother). The first time I drove a car was just... 5 months ago or so.
I have drove four wheelers, a boat, a golf-cart and those nifty driving lawn mowers too haha.
17 yrs old
18. That's the age that I think people should be allowed to GET their permit.
When I was 10 or 11 my great uncle taught me to drive his VW beetle.
When I was 10 or 11 my great uncle taught me to drive his VW beetle.
I drove at 16, but we didn't have all the ipods, cell phones and other things to distract us as they do today. I'm glad it went well for you and your son. In my state you can receive better car insurance if you have taken Drivers Education Classes.