- My condition forces people under the age of 18 to take costly driver training courses.
- My almost 16 year old child is waiting to get his license until he is older.
- He agrees with the fact that I drive it and does not want to learn.
My son recently became old enough to get the license of his learner. In the state of Ohio, it is 15 years and six months. But he is not remotely interested in continuing to obtain his driving license.
After considerable research and reflection, I support his decision.
I can’t wait to get my license
I am Gen XAnd when I was in high school, most teenagers were eager to obtain their driving license and the independence potential that accompanied them.
Although my family cannot allow me to get me a car, the potential to visit the houses of friends or driving by myself using my mother’s car was a huge motivator. I wanted independence in adolescence and I wanted to get away from my mother and the house every time I could. I obtained my license as soon as I could and I learned to cross cheap classes (about $ 50) in a local driving school. I passed my test during the first try.
I knew that my son was not super hot for Learn to drive. Like many of his peers in generation Z, he does not have much external social life outside the school and participation in the fanfare, which occupies the second half of each year. Outside the school, he connects with friends through online games or video calls.
I thought he would lead now
I thought he could drive To work at this age, at least in a summer job. I had to find a job to contribute to household expenses as soon as I was old enough to work and worked after school and the weekend in the last two years of the school.
But between the fanfare, which begins in early August, and my shared guard calendar with his father, who lives in another city, my son being always available for any type of summer work was impossible because he has only a few Free weeks every summer.
After considerable research, I support his decision not to Obtain a license. There are so many reasons why we both decided that it is preferable for him to wait – one of these rare occasions when my teenager and I are on the same wavelength.
Classes can be expensive
First, the Ohio law requires that anyone under the age of 18 wishes a driving license to attend a Accredited driving school For several weeks. Few of these schools exist, which allows them to monopolize the market and make the lessons very expensive (about $ 700). Right now, it’s a great financial scope for me. He must also have 50 hours of driving experience in addition to the courses, which would all be my responsibility.
He said he prefers that I teach him when he is ready to learn, but like most adolescents and parents, our communications can be rich in disagreements and repel. Doing it to listen to me during driving lessons at this age would be difficult.
Second, in Ohio, if you wait until you are 18 to get your license, you can jump the course and ask a friend or a parent to teach you to drive. But if you fail the test the first time you take it, you should still take the expensive lessons.
The third factor is security. Some people may say that it is safer for young drivers to wait to get their licenses, and statistics are difficult to ignore. According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, although they drive less kilometers than the elderly, drivers aged 16 to 19 four times more likely to crash that drivers over 20, and these accidents are the main cause of death for people in this age group. The risk is the highest at the age of 16, which concerns the age of my son now. To be completely honest, it scares me a lot. I could only have one child, and the parent was the best thing I did. The idea of losing it in an accident is terrifying.
Finally, there is the insurance factor. Most people generally know that it is quite expensive to add a teenager to their car insurance policy, but adolescents cost more to make sure that adolescent girls. It is because statisticallyBoys are more likely to be involved in accidents. They are also more likely to engage in risky driving behavior, especially driving after drinking alcohol. I called my insurer to find out about a quote and I was told that adding my child to the police as a driver would double my prices.
Maybe his generation is on something
After looking for all this, I started to reconsider if my child being on the road is good for anyone – him, other drivers or me, given the concern and the stress that I would have each time that ‘He will take the wheel.
Maybe the Z generation is smarter than I was at their age. Shortly after obtaining my license, I took mom’s car to a friend to make signs for a football match the following night. My family lived in poverty, and my mother’s Honda Civic was not well maintained, including bald tires and a propensity to calm if you did not give it enough essence. The combination of a dangerous vehicle and dark and rainy road conditions allowed me to crash on a telephone pole that night, which slammed the car and could have killed me and my passenger. Fortunately, but for a few bruises and I with two black eyes, we left unscathed, although the car was totalized.
My son also understood that if he had access to a car, he would have to participate to help compensate for costs, and he sees no increase in the rise. His notes are quite good, but his specialization lessons are very difficult, and he was frank that he thinks that the school is sufficient. He does not want to spend his free time working every minute free.
He said that I drive him everywhere is “great” for him and asked me why he would undergo all the problems (and my expenses) to drive when what we do for him. With the cost and risk involved to make him an approved and assured driver, I agree.
Yes, it is more pain in my ass to drive it everywhere, but it saves me a lot of money and a lot of stress.
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