<VV> DAUGHTER'S 1ST CAR - FOLLOWUP

[Harry Jensen]

Hi--

Harry's rules for teenage drivers:

1. Keep the Corvair some place they cannot drive it! Make sure any other 
car you care about isn't able to be driven by very young drivers, ie, my 
Fiero was stick shift as is my Miata.

2. Pay for their insurance based upon their averages in school. A average 
get's their insurance paid for by dad. B average gets 50% of their 
insurance cost paid by dad. C average gets no help from dad. D or below, no 
driving of dad's cars.

One of my kids was an underachiever. He did not drive until close to his 
18th birthday when he finally brought up his grades to my thresholds. He 
was in two accidents with his friends driving, because he did not have 
driving privileges with our family. He was not hurt in the accidents, but 
had the 'stuffing' scared out of him. Perfect.

My daughter is the overachiever. She had all 'A's. She slid into a curb on 
snow, but that was the worst of it. Made her pay for the alignment. She 
learned too.

The above might not be perfect, but it worked for me. BTW, I subsequently 
taught both how to drive stick shift.

--H


At 09:47 AM 3/22/2005, Macdonald David wrote:
>I have 4 kids and she is the first to get her license.
>I don't expect it to survive all four. I'll do what I
>can to train the kids well but the statistics are not
>on my side.

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