teaching my daughter how to drive

[supermanotorious]

sounds run of the mill right? welp, she's 11 years old, driving my crew cab Sierra, we put in 45 minutes of her behind the wheel on Wednesday, and an hour on Thursday, we'll try to do at least an hour a weekend until she's old enough for a license

we're keeping a log to track her time spent behind the wheel too

 

[2SlickNick]

Sounds like a good idea to me. I had my daughter driving a go cart and bugging when she was seven. I would have her stop at each stop sign, stay in her right hand lane, and even do hand signals. I even taught her that tapping on your helmet was a sign of a police officer – LOL.

I was about 12 when I learned how to drive in a stick shift Honda Civic in a pasture.
My daughter is 12 to maybe I shouldn't be letting her drive the minivan.

 

[Flyinhillbilly]

When I was about 6 my dad and I were in the truck easing across the pasture in 4low and granny gear. He just got out with the truck still going and it was my turn to drive just like that. It's all I've ever wanted to do since.

Good on you for starting early, too many people put it off until the kid gets a permit, then they're too stressed out and scared to ride with the kids because they have no idea what they're doing.

 

[Whitetrashrocker]

Yup same here. Learned to drive in the fields. Then it was the dune buggy. Was tought stickshift. I could drive anything by the time I was 10 or so.

Good parenting on your part. Keep it up.

 

[Hellion]

Fantastic. It's what I would do, start them early, way earlier than "learner's permit age". 45 minutes though--that's some good wheel time. Is she loving it?

Is she driving off road only, or? Parking lots?

 

[chancer]

Yep my daughter was driving the lawn tractor at 6, and then her kart at 12. Been driving my extra cab long bed f250 on the property and to the mail box foe a couple years. She is now 15-1/2 and she has been practicing with me driving on the road for few months now.
All the years of controlling a vehicle has been great. She is very steady and aware and has excellent car control.
Thing is reminding constantly a teenager all the little things.
Blind spots, signals, mirrors, other cars, right turn on red. What a yield sign means!
She is doing well though.

 

[pRoFiT]

My daughter is 17! When she was 11 we snuck her into the local arcade/go kart track. They asked her are you 14? Yes I am. And in we went. She was an aggressive driver then. I think she slammed her older cousin into the wall a couple times. Good times. I gave her my old Chevy s10 and she has been taking good care of it so far. 1 Year of driving this month...... So now she can have other teenagers in the car! I never see her now. Once they drive they are always doing something without you.

Good job on early training. I think first car drivIng she was 13.

Some of her friends at 17 don't even drive yet! Her cousin was 19 when he started, and it shows, terrible driver. Jerks the car all over the road, no finesse.

 

[Ebrownie]

I just got my learners permit a few months ago. But a few years ago when I started driving, my first stick shift was our 90s chevy 3500 dually crew cab with a flatbed. It was pretty hard to drive a big truck like that, but at least it had a lot of power so it didn't always stall when I let go of the clutch a little quick. I'm pretty good at it now.

 

[chancer]

I almost forgot it is not always pretty!
One day my wife needed to jump start a truck down in the yard.
She parked my truck next to an old dead lawn tractor.
The lawn tractor was down low on the right side of the truck.
Once she got the truck started she drove it up to the house and my daughter jumped in my truck to bring it up.
Of course she did not park it and could not see the lawn tractor. Down low on the right side.
YUP!... As she drove away turning to the right she drug the side of my truck against the lawn tractor and put a gash in the door, the entire extra cab door, and the 14" of the bed!

Luckily my truck is 11 yrs old and she was Honest and it was not totally her fault.

I asked her:
Me- WTF? did you feel anything?,
Her-Well sorta
Me- And you just kept on going?
Her- well... yeah
Me- It is a Truck not a Bulldozer! DUH!!! Just give it more Gas!!! DUMBA$S!!!
LOL

 

[Hellion]

...YUP!... As she drove away turning to the right she drug the side of my truck against the lawn tractor and put a gash in the door, the entire extra cab door, and the 14" of the bed! ...

I blame you. Teaching your children complete situational awareness is not a bad thing. And luckily for you it's not too late.

DUMBA$S!!!

Yep.

 

[chancer]

Yes it was a learning experience.
Big Trucks Have Blind Spots!
and If you feel something... STOP!!!!!