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Speak the truth! Posted by ChuckD [Email]  (#2127) [Profile/Gallery]
(more from ChuckD) on Tue, 28 Mar 2006 09:00:49
In Reply to: Teaching..., Eric Law, Tue, 28 Mar 2006 07:23:15 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
This was made huge in my mind recently:
My 3-1/2 yr.old daughter has commuted daily with me for three years now. She attends the daycare facility where I work. Did I mention she's a smart kid?
My driving education mimics Erik's post below. High school required in Upstate NY, late '70s. Very good teacher, structured program with simulator and road time. I went on to drive for a living for a while (while I was sorting out my future) and now, nearly thirty years on, I'm proud to say that altho I've been involved in a couple accidents, only one slowspeed blunder was my fault.
But I drive fast. I'm very cautious. But I drive fast. In my early twenties I nearly lost my license due to multiple speed infractions. But as I got older I wisened up and now use much more discretion. But I still drive fast. This caught up with me recently when we were headed into work one morning and my daughter started asking why we were going slow (caught in traffic). And before we get on the highway, she now often remarks, 'this is when we go fast, right Dad?' Whoa.
Eric, you're spot on. Kids watch their parents. Meticulously. And we shouldn't underestimate how early it starts. Despite my wanton speeding ways, I've always taken driving seriously, and that follows now that I'm looking to the future and what kind of driver my daughter will be. Driving fast is fun, but there's SO-O-O much more to it than hitting that pedal and it took me hundreds of thousands of miles and many hours learning my personal limits to fully understand that. How will she start out? My hope is I'll instill good judgement first before she gets in the driver's seat. Then it's understanding what exactly it is she's doing.
And for now, I'm backin' off (and less swearing at the minivans too).
C.
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