Teaching Teens How to Drive
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Anonymous
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This may sound crazy but hear me out.
So, my teen is thinking about driving. He is totally uncoordinated (can't even ride bike) so I am extremely hesitant to let him in the car. Is there some sort of "driving game" out there so he can play/practice before I take him out on the road? I think not but... TIA. |
Anonymous
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Don't teach him. You'll make him even more nervous.
Send him out with a driving school They've seen it all. |
Anonymous
Probably this. But for more normal people, I’ve found it useful to have my child in the front seat to observe me driving for a while now and we talk about defensive driving, being aware of your surroundings, what is against the law, and all kinds of stuff. I want him to watch the road while I’m driving and to pay attention to things. My mom was like op and she never taught me to drive and my dad wasn’t around, so I had to learn from a friend’s mom when I was about 20 years old. It sucked so much to not be allowed to learn to drive because of my mom’s irrational fears. I was so thankful to the friends mom who finally did teach me. |
Anonymous
| Find someplace he can drive a golf cart around. Or a four-wheeler ATV. Anything that can start giving him a sense for controlling speed and spatial awareness (what does it look like when you get close to other objects). And definitely outsource the actual learning to drive part. |
Anonymous
| Even with driving school in and you have to give him like 60 hours on the road practicing. In answer to your question, yes. My boys played driving games on their Xbox. It’s certainly no substitute for a real car but yes I think it helped. |
Anonymous
Im the same way. Ive also been letting my kid back the car out of the driveway starting st age 12 and at 13, started letting him drive in empty parking lots. Going to a gocart race track can at least familiarize him some with being behind the wheel. |
Anonymous
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You are right to be concerned, but I would sit him down in the passenger seat and explain your driving as you go, it's more useful. I have a son with ADHD, spatial awareness and motor skill issues, and I dread the driving time. I know he will require MUCH MORE PRACTICE AND LESSONS that the average person. |
Anonymous
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We started early Sunday AMs at NOVA. Taught parking in an empty parking lot with cones.
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Anonymous
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The best young drivers come into it with experience in driving tractors, golf cars, and lawn tractors.
Of course you can't redo time but if you have younger kids keep that in mind. Every parent thinks that he/she is a flawless driver. Actually they aren't. The commit many, many mistakes and very few parents would pass the driving test. It might not be a great idea to have the new driver study the habits of the parent dud to the fact that the parent has a ton of bad habits. |
Anonymous
Incredibly bad idea. Not only are you leaving yourself wide open to civil liability and the chance of losing your house in case of a wreck you are also committing a twelve point offense. That means you will be revoked if you are caught letting a twelve year old drive a car. |
Anonymous
| Mine was an excellent driver because of video games |
Anonymous
Most likely he was a good driver in spite of video games. Not because of. |
Anonymous
| I took my kids to go cart tracks. That's a great way to get a sense for driving on a curve. |
Anonymous
no, he was very good at driving the first time behind the wheel. He had played lots of video games that simulated driving so he had very good control, new when to speed up/slow down, could handle curves, etc. |
Anonymous
| Play Cruisin USA on Nintendo 64 |