Children Driving

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i started driving at age 14.. i had to have someone OVER the age of 18 in the car with me whenever i was driving..
and IF i got caught w/o someone OVER the age of 18 with me.. i lost my license until i was 18...
at age 15 i got what we call a "7 to 7" i could drive anywhere from 7am to 7pm as long as someone age 16 or over was in the car with me...
i could drive to school, work, or church alone...
and then at age 16 i could drive anywhere alone...

this gave me great experience instead of just handing me a license and saying GO GET 'EM TIGER!!
also my school REQUIRED driver's ed...

i was driving a '99 mustang when i was 14 (year 2003)...
and bc i was young i was not able to get a job therefore had no money to pay the insurance, tags, or taxes...

as of right now i'm driving an '07 mustang...and since my parents paid cash i am responsible for insurance, tags, and taxes on it...

**not looking forward to september when my insurance is due...$800 ::Shivers::**

I think it depends on the kid. I'm personally not in favor of giving a child the right to a 3000 pound weapon if they are not mature enough to handle the responsibility. Some kids can get their license at 16 and do a great job with it. Others should probably not get theirs until they are 30.

I think parents should try to encourage their children to get a car that scores highly in crash test ratings. Putting an inexperienced driver in a corvette or another kind of sports car is irresponsible, not only for their children, but for the public in general. IMO I also feel that people respect their cars a lot more if they have to work to earn the money to buy it as opposed to having a car handed to them.

I absolutely think their should be restrictions for the first 6 months, like no cell phones, no passengers that are not family members or over the age of 18. I think kids with a new license should have a curfew unless they are driving home from work, or possibly a school sponsored activity and if they break any of their restrictions or get a ticket for anything they should lose their license for 6 months for the first offense and when they get it back their time starts over and the next offense should be 1 year and so on.

All kids should have to take driver's education and then be required to drive for so many hours with a learners permit before they can test.

I would gladly put my daughter on my auto insurance, but whatever the difference in price was, she would be expected to pay.

I hear of and see so many kids that take their license for granted, and unfortunately too many kids lose their lives because of it.

I got to drive on a back road in my grandmas car when i was 12. mind you that my grandma made me go really slow the entire time and it was a backroad where nobody was close and there were no houses ect.
i got my permit when i was 15 and didn't drive alone and when i was 16 i got my license. i never had to take drivers ed, and personally i doubt we could afford it if i had to. im buying my own car and will definitely be taking great care of it.

what?!

We can't drive til 17 over here, and it takes loads of lessons and a stupidly difficult test at the end of it PLUS driving theory and hazard perception. With all of this, I can't afford to drive

I think my only comment to this is, don't force the kid who's not ready. I was 20 when I finally got my license, but by then I finally had a need and a want for one. I had the drive (pun intended) and the maturity to get it and drive safely.

With a rash of teen driving deaths (kids 16/17 y/o driving) in my area, I think it's time to up the age and/or change the way teens get their licenses. A student of mine just lost two friends because the driver in their car thought he was cool by going 50mph over the speed limit. Granted, not all kids are as immature, but most 16 year olds (sorry) have an invulnerability complex.

I didn't have a licence until i was 18. But not cause i didn't want one, but cause my mom didn't think i needed one, and didn't want to teach me how to drive. We never had money to get me a car any how so i said why the heck should i have a licence. But once i had my daughter i had to get a car so i could get back and forth to work. The age limit here is 14 with an adult. And so on like the post before. I havn't really seen to many crazy drives that are 14+. I have seen more bad drivers that are 80+ lol