Birgerhar

I'm starting Drivers Ed tomorrow and I am totally nervous. What if I'm a horrible driver? GAH! It's like something I've been dreading for a long time. But something I've been yearning for along time. Any support?

Nanny

Well, you won't know how bad of a driver you are until you try it, right?

And heck, you're taking Driver's Ed, so you're on the right track.

PapRoach123

Where I come from, you can't be a good driver without having had the lessons first. It is something you need to develop.

ElectronicWorm

What's a drivers Ed? Or is Ed a guy?

But I assume it's about driving for the first time? Im not really sure how that goes around there (Ed's helping out I guess).. but I remember my first lesson and that's all about where's the gas where's the breaks ect and then go and practise on the parkinglot.

Britney_03

were all bad drivers at first, dont worry about it! :-)

ForeverInLoveWithJus

I dont really know what Drivers Ed is either? I am guessing Drivers Education? Who knows? Anyway best of luck with it Amar

Nanny

Yes, Emma. It's Driver's Education. Teaches you the rules of the road... properly. So mom and dad can't pass their bad habits along to you.

ElectronicWorm

I REALLY (!!!) don't understand why some countries let parents teach their childeren to drive. It's not potty training. There are special people trained to do it in my country and even then it takes you some time (well one longer than the other) to get it. It's not just driving a car, but there are a lot of rules involved in it and I think leaving that to parents isn't smart at all. Indeed, if the parent has a bad habbit he passes it on to his kid. How wonderful.

ForeverInLoveWithJus

I see no problem in parents teaching their children to drive. My dad taught my sister. Its expensive to take drivers lessons here and she passed first time

PapRoach123

Agreed. But our rules are a lot more strict than they are in the US. And a lot more sophisticated too. Like the rule that everything from the right goes first. They don't have that in the US. Also, most everybody there drives an automatic. Driving age there is 16 instead of 18, etc.

Also, American driver's licenses aren't valid here. If you have an American driver's license, you are not allowed to drive a vehicle here. But vice versa, we can go there, rent a big Dodge and drive off to wherever we want.

Facts say traffic in the US is a disaster. They would have far less accidents if they applied our rules there too. But such doesn't really fit there, because the distances are far greater than they are here, and OV, as much as we say ours sucks, they hardly have it. So in order for teenagers to get around, they need to be able to drive at a younger age and the training plus the tests need to be much less difficult.

So as strange as it sounds, safety goes second place in this particular situation. It's probably the only situation of all situations where I understand WHY safety goes second place. lol