tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post114190177628093005..comments2024-03-18T05:15:30.666-04:00Comments on Foma*: Rookie Driveryellojkthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09592683505688819187noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-1160522903560008572006-10-10T19:28:00.000-04:002006-10-10T19:28:00.000-04:00There is a 'rookie driver in training' alert magne...There is a 'rookie driver in training' alert magnet for new drivers driving with their parents on the learners permit. You can call this spam, but they are really quite acceptable to parents and teens. Google the term, or the site is rookiedriver.net. It was one of the only new driver magnets our 15 year-old seemd o.k. with....and made our life as parents a little less frustrating.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-1142285411343938522006-03-13T16:30:00.000-05:002006-03-13T16:30:00.000-05:00oh I bet he loves the sign! LOLoh I bet he loves the sign! LOLkontanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06421013605338521092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-1142057744900978482006-03-11T01:15:00.000-05:002006-03-11T01:15:00.000-05:00My son started driving at 14, the minimum age in N...My son started driving at 14, the minimum age in North Dakota. He drove better then than he does now at almost-23...Thumperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02154314376352066709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-1142054296158296492006-03-11T00:18:00.000-05:002006-03-11T00:18:00.000-05:00Interesting that you talk about DLs as a common ri...Interesting that you talk about DLs as a common rite of passage: they're becoming less so, since a lot of schools have eliminated drivers education programs for budgetary reasons, many families can't afford private driving lessons, and in the absence of an actual car to practice in, many kids can't develop the skills to pass and get their license. What do they do instead? Drive anyway. Then they get ticketed, can't afford the fines, which creates an outstanding warrant and a police record. The lack of driving lessons and corresponding lack of properly licensed drivers is a huge problem in cities where most jobs have migrated to suburbia, far from bus lines.2fshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17813487704459856169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-1142043978845517622006-03-10T21:26:00.000-05:002006-03-10T21:26:00.000-05:00Haha!! For my 15th birthday my dad took me drivin...Haha!! For my 15th birthday my dad took me driving at a school parking lot. At the end of the lesson we were practicing reversing, and when it was time to leave we were still in reverse. Not being familiar with how hard to press on the gas I put pedal to the medal and we shooting backwards instead of forward, and in my panic I pressed harder on the gas instead of the brake. I managed to stop the car literally inches from the edge of a drop off.<BR/><BR/>I couldn't be convinced to drive again for 3 and a half years after that experience.<BR/><BR/>I think this made my parents very, very happy!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-1142008191212606242006-03-10T11:29:00.000-05:002006-03-10T11:29:00.000-05:00Oh my best friend is going through the same thing....Oh my best friend is going through the same thing. Her son hasn't hit the 9 month part but he did start drivers ed. She is not handling it well at all. I pray for her. I'll pray for you too. God help me in May 2007!Your Motherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15611142829293075043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-1141997202128421162006-03-10T08:26:00.000-05:002006-03-10T08:26:00.000-05:00We've got a thing over here called a L (learner) p...We've got a thing over here called a L (learner) plate - it's a bright yellow magnet or sign with a large black 'L' that you put on your car when a newbie is driving. It's a whopping big fine ($120) if you don't have it. States other than mine also have the P plate for newly licensed drivers.<BR/><BR/>My niece in Mass. recently got her license and I don't know how my brother sleeps at night. I've got a couple years left for my Teen and I'm going to hope they drag. I think licenses are a worldwide rite of passage.Mooselethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16874418427786990740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-1141995660026026572006-03-10T08:01:00.000-05:002006-03-10T08:01:00.000-05:00We just got a third car so that my 17-year-old son...We just got a third car so that my 17-year-old son could get a job. I insisted on getting a car with a stick shift and it turns out they CAN'T do all those distracting things: no iPod or phone when both your hands are busy. <BR/><BR/>I really wanted to get a bright-colored, one-of-a-kind car for him to drive so everyone would know him if they saw him and I could hear things like, "Saw your son over on Route 50 the other day going too fast!" or "What was your boy doing at the mall during school hours?" Unfortunately we ended up with one so ubiquitous I can't even find it in a parking lot.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-1141965579836896052006-03-09T23:39:00.000-05:002006-03-09T23:39:00.000-05:00Love the sign! I've got a 15 year-old in the same ...Love the sign! I've got a 15 year-old in the same boat. Any chance you can send me the file? I'd be proud to torment my own son the same way.<BR/><BR/>JeffJeff and Charli Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13868852480996815442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-1141962131001052582006-03-09T22:42:00.000-05:002006-03-09T22:42:00.000-05:00Mmmm...Spam. What is it with the comments section ...Mmmm...Spam. What is it with the comments section in your blog, anyway? (See my most recent post for another oddball side effect.) <BR/><BR/>I'm not a religious person, but I'll pray for you if you pray for me...my youngun will get her permit this summer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-1141958304732646842006-03-09T21:38:00.000-05:002006-03-09T21:38:00.000-05:00My oldest daughter got her license last summer, an...My oldest daughter got her license last summer, and I am still a wreck every time she heads out in my car. It just seems like driving was so much easier when I got my license...no cell phones, no Sherman Tank-sized SUVs out there. The provisional license restrictions may be Byzantine but most don't apply here in the great Commonwealth of Pennsylvania -- so we impose them ourselves. Good luck to you, yello.<BR/><BR/>BTW, I finally figured out and responded to your tag...check it out.J.Pohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07131211276276689630noreply@blogger.com