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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just curious - for those not comfortable with a high schooler doing this trip - what if they were in college and wanting to drive the 7 hours home? At what age would you be comfortable? I’m a “nervous Nellie” so always curious what others would do. [/quote]

After my dd freshman year in college (she was 19) she worked for her university as a trip leader for their outdoor adventure trips.  After her first trip she was explaining that they drove the campers 4 hours to a base camp and then backpacked for 5 days then drove back to the university.  I asked her what adult did the driving of the 15 passenger van. She laughed at me and said "Mom, I'm the adult. I did the driving. I took the 4 hour course two weeks ago and am a certified driver for the university." It was a big wake up call to me that my 19 yr old was indeed an adult in the world's eyes. We are giving her younger siblings a lot more behind the wheel time while they are still at home to help them prepare for when they leave home and will be thrown into all kinds of possible driving situations. Same dd played a club sport and carpooled to an away match 3 hours away.  She was the youngest player in the car and not the driver.  BUT the driver got injured at the match and could not drive home.  Turns out my then 18yr old was the only other player with a driver's license so she drove the players home. Unfamiliar roads, car full of loud friends in a car she had never driven. They made it back safely but it was a situation we had avoided when she lived at home and we had not prepared her for.[/quote]

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