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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Mine had a slow motion accident the second time driving on a real street. Kid turned a corner going about 5 miles per hour, cut the corner too closely, and just panicked and shut down as I yelled to stop. We just slowly rolled up onto the curb and over a No Parking sign before gently coming to a stop. Kid was just frozen. The sign got caught underneath the car and ruined the suspension. Very expensive accident, given the low speed and no other vehicles being involved. Car was in the shop for a while. Lesson learned. No more driving lessons when kid isn’t fully medicated.

We’re taking things slowly keeping the lessons short. We’re also helping kid practice following commands quickly (when we’re not even in the car) by calling out “stop,” or “turn left.” The idea is to get kid comfortable with reacting quickly before they have to do it behind the wheel.[/quote]

Yes, one thing we talked about in detail was how freezing or deciding at full speed she no longer was able to drive simply wasn’t an option.  She had to at least be able to slow down and stop. [/quote]

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