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Post #255,070 by broomberg 5/11/06 12:07:58 PM Reply	1st? Seems kind of silly. I think people should learn in an automatic, get a few years practice, and then learn to drive a stick. Years ago my sister was trying to learn to drive. She's 3 years older than me. I was probably (hhhmmmm 18?). She was on her 3rd permit. We were in my father's Cadillac. I was letting her drive. Spent a while in the slow 25 MPH development, then went to the 4 lane road, 2 lanes in each direction, 45 MPH speed limit. She's on it for 5 seconds, sees the oncoming traffic, and starts screaming: THEY DON'T KNOW THAT I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DRIVE!!!!!!! I couldn't handle any more panic. That was the last time I tried to teach her how to drive. That was 22 years ago. She's lived in a major city with no car the whole time.
Post #255,078 by SpiceWare 5/11/06 1:01:28 PM Reply	not so silly money was tight* so buying an automatic to replace a vehicle my parents already had wasn't an option. * This was during the mid 80s oil slump - my dad's a helicopter pilot and worked for a company that did a lot of flying to the rigs in the gulf. Darrell Spice, Jr. Trendy yet complex\nPeople seek me out - though they're not sure why\n[link\|http://spiceware.org/gallery/ArtisticOverpass\|Artistic Overpass] [link\|http://www.spiceware.org/\|SpiceWare]
Post #255,089 by ben_tilly 5/11/06 1:40:31 PM 5/11/06 5:04:28 PM Reply	Either way works I learned on an automatic then my wife made me learn how to drive a standard. I don't particularly like standards but can drive them. My wife learned on a standard then drove automatic. She prefers standards (except for in stop and go LA traffic). Both of us drive reasonably well. Cheers, Ben PS A VERY good first exercise - which wouldn't stress you at all to do, is to get him to understand where the blind spots are. Seat him in the driver's seat. Let him adjust mirrors, then with head forward. Then you walk around the car, slowly, having him call out whenever you go in/out of view of . At his call, you stop, let him turn to see exactly where you are, turn his head back to the front, then proceed. When you walk past the side of the car, be sure to be about as far away as the next lane of traffic. I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother) Edited by ben_tilly May 11, 2006, 05:04:28 PM EDT Expand All History
Post #255,133 by imqwerky 5/11/06 5:22:00 PM Reply	That is a very smart idea thanks for suggesting it :-)
Post #255,139 by ben_tilly 5/11/06 6:06:23 PM Reply	Where I got it from... My instructor for driver's ed. He did it before he let me go onto a street. :-) Cheers, Ben I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)

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