| User | Comment |
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cloudhugger    |
Combination of school, mom and dad. Dad had to take over, he was a whole lot calmer than mom. |
paulyw  |
First my mother.s boyfriend, then he passed away, and my father. |
Lahdee  |
Me |
| Enheduanna |
Driving school and mom. |
| Amanda |
Nobody. I learned to drive in the fields in an old truck my dad had. There was nothing out there to hit, so he didn't worry too much. I think I was about 8 or 9 when he started letting me do this. I'd drive around for hours. I thought I was so cool. When I was about 12 or 13, he started letting me take the truck on the road, driving to the store and stuff. He didn't let me drive any of the new vehicles until I got my license at 15. |
| Enigma | | posted 3-Nov-2005 10:19pm |
My Dad taught me and he signed me up for driver training which wasn't a common practice way back then. He did a good job I think. He even taught me to drive standard as well. |
| hypersky | | posted 3-Nov-2005 10:24pm |
My dad taught me, but my official driving lessons were with the Army Reserves. "Drive this motherf----ing jeep troop! Drive it NOW!!!" Ahh, the good old days. A couple of years later, I gave driving lessons to my troops, and after experiencing the worst drivers my country could throw at me over those two summers, nothing phases me when I'm in the passenger's seat. That said, I tend to drive more often than not. |
| BerrieGrrl | | posted 3-Nov-2005 11:16pm |
my mom and driver's ed. |
| CGTREE | | posted 4-Nov-2005 12:11am |
My mother and step father and my boss ....there all contributing to teaching me how to drive...oh and my friends mom. |
| CGTREE |
For me its the opposite....my mom is the calm one..and my dad freaks out at every little thing.......its very nerve wrecking to have them both in the car when I'm driving.....I don't think I will ever do that again.... |
| darkshadowsseeker | | posted 4-Nov-2005 12:24am |
My grandmother attempted to teach me how to drive, but decide against continuing when her insurance company told her she could get a better insurance rate on me if I took the Driver's Ed course through my high school, so that's where I received the bulk of my training. I was glad my grandmother's insurance company had told her that because learning to drive at the hands of my grandmother was a bit like being in Hell. She would scream orders at me (turn right, turn left, etc.) at the last possible second so I didn't even have time to signal properly. Having her as a driving teacher, even temporarily, was very nervewracking! |
| kirst |
I learned how to drive an automatic at a private driving school---very easy. My dad later taught me how to drive a manual transmission---Datsun 210 that shifted so easily. Good car to learn on. |
bill   |
dad |
| ROCKMAN |
I pretty much taught myself, and how to drive a manual/stick shift. |
| cloudhugger | | (reply to CGTREE) posted 4-Nov-2005 7:55am |
good for you, altohough being with a nerve wracked parent is good training for driving under stresful conditions. |
| cloudhugger | | (reply to Amanda) posted 4-Nov-2005 7:57am |
You thought you were cool...you were cool. Any 9 year old driving is the coolest in my book. |
| CGTREE |
Good point.. |
| kitti723 | | posted 4-Nov-2005 10:22am |
We didn't have a car when I was a kid so I had to teach myself when a friend of mine asked me to run errands for her while she was at work and she gave me her car keys I failed to tell her I couldn't drive a stick or didn't have much practice driving at all for that matter. I figured it out. |
| judgescratch | | posted 4-Nov-2005 11:08am |
Dad |
| mve17 | | posted 4-Nov-2005 11:12am |
Someone crazy |
| cerealkiller |
My uncle. It was the last year (1968) in Illinois before driver's ed became mandatory to get a license. |
| Maarten |
You have to go to an official private driving school here. You can't be taught by a family member or friend. |
| bcollins |
Driver's Ed classes in high school. We didn't have a car when I was growing up. We simply couldn't afford to buy and maintain a car. |
| Dino |
I never learned.
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| caviartaste |
mainly my mom....my dad has no patience....he put me on a tractor in the middle of a 12 acre field and said "have fun!" |
| Solololo |
I was a Joyrider. Imagine my surprise when I discovered folks didn't commonly drive with one foot on the gas and the other on the brake. |
| hypersky | | (reply to Solololo) posted 5-Nov-2005 9:26am |
LOL!! My dad showed me how to drive with a foot on each pedal!!! Tough on the brake pads, but it came in handy when I learned to drive manually, though. |
| jenny6664 |
My older brother; I was 12 and I immediately dumped it in a ditch; had to be pulled out! Haven't done THAT since! |
| Zang | | posted 6-Nov-2005 10:49am |
In chronological order:
1. My brother*
2. My friend Howard
3. My dad
4. My girlfriend*
* Attempted to teach me to shift with a clutch pedal. I'm still pretty feeble at this...I think it would help a lot if I could visualise how the clutch interacts with the gears... |
| cabinfever |
The first time I drove was in Driver's Ed. My mom was not going to let me drive, even to teach me on our little street. In D.Ed all they taught was automatic, so for a stick my mom's former pedophile, I mean husband, 'taught' me. He'd give me directions while trying to slide his hand between my legs. I dropped the clutch a lot. Then he'd yell... oh yes, what wonderful memories. |
| cabinfever |
What wasn't an option? |
| cabinfever | | (reply to Zang) posted 6-Nov-2005 3:21pm |
Sometimes you think too much. Just push the pedal and be thankful it works!  |
| JessicaWoman99 |
I learned how to drive through a drivers education in High School and I ran over the driver instructor and I killed him hee hee hee he is still stuck under my car hee hee |
| Updown | | posted 8-Nov-2005 10:33am |
I received an '86 Mustang for Christmas, and I started driving it the next week without a license and without telling anyone. I didn't get my license until I was 18 (2 years later). |
| Zang |
There's a little more to it than that...if it were simply a matter of "pushing the pedal", it would require much in the way of instruction... |
| southernyankee | | posted 10-Nov-2005 2:47pm |
I taught myself, only my dad insisted that he be there supervising since I didnt have a license at that time. I took Drivers Ed only because Lousianna requires that you take it to get a licence (or at least before a certain age anyway). Back then you had to be 15 to have a permit and 16 to have a license. If you were younger than 17 you also HAD to have drivers ed to get either a permit or a license, plus your insurance would go down either way. Intrestingly, they never bothered to teach me to parrarell park.
Most driving is self taught really though practice and its mostly just having a bit of common sense. Or if you wanna be time efficient like me, you can learn how to merge with traffic and change lanes while learning how to change your car radio station at the same time. A real time saver I tell you that much. |
| Coco | | posted 12-Nov-2005 10:01am |
My dad tried but he was a pain in the ass! My cousin boyfriend showed me to drive stick !!! But I really learned on my own whit an automatic car ! |
| iwish40 | | posted 15-Nov-2005 11:59pm |
I started learning to steer the car before I could touch the Pedalls, then I started driving when I was in 6th grade. |
| patarnone | | posted 18-Nov-2005 12:54am |
My folks decided, and rightly so, that a neutral third party was best, so they asked my Mom's best friend's son to take me out in our red MG-A. Bob was 6 months older than me and like the brother I never had. He did a fine job.
My family was very active in the MG Car Club, autocrosses, rallys, etc. My Father was a race steward at the SCCA sports car races and I worked communications out on the turns. I've been active in all manners of automobiles during my life. |
| drake | | posted 3-Jan-2006 10:45am |
a country bum my dad |
| w_wanderers | | posted 27-Jun-2006 7:18am |
Private Driving Schools are a ripoff, rather I spent the money on petrol and got my dad to teach me. |
