16 year old just drove off in my truck
My 16 year old daughter got her driver’s license yesterday. That in itself is traumatic. My precious truck……at least to me….is now in the hands of my 16 year old DD, at least for today. It wasn’t...
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Sounds like a perfect excuse to give the DD the old truck and get yourself a new one. Safety is #1 after all.
If safety is first, skip the pick up truck for a new driver, especially in snow country. Their safety ratings are not good in many cases and they handle very differently on wet/snowy roads than a sedan. From experience, a truck is not the best vehicle for someone with little driving experience.
When our son got his license we bought him a used car of his own. Saved a huge amount of money on insurance. In MA they base a new driver's insurance cost on the most expensive vehicle in the house unless they have their own. With a Porsche and Class C at the time, his 2003 Saturn Ion was perfect. And if he wrecked it HE was without a car, not me or my husband.
With that said, I fully understand what it's like when your child pulls away for the first time on their own. On one hand it saves you the hassle of driving him/her around. On the other, you've got them in the one of the most potentially deadly of situations. It's one of the toughest "rites of passage" you will face. And if you think that's tough, wait until she goes to college and you can't see ANYTHING. But if you have faith in the way you brought her up, although there's no guarantee, she will be fine.
If safety is first, skip the pick up truck for a new driver, especially in snow country. Their safety ratings are not good in many cases and they handle very differently on wet/snowy roads than a sedan. From experience, a truck is not the best vehicle for someone with little driving experience.
When our son got his license we bought him a used car of his own. Saved a huge amount of money on insurance. In MA they base a new driver's insurance cost on the most expensive vehicle in the house unless they have their own. With a Porsche and Class C at the time, his 2003 Saturn Ion was perfect. And if he wrecked it HE was without a car, not me or my husband.
With that said, I fully understand what it's like when your child pulls away for the first time on their own. On one hand it saves you the hassle of driving him/her around. On the other, you've got them in the one of the most potentially deadly of situations. It's one of the toughest "rites of passage" you will face. And if you think that's tough, wait until she goes to college and you can't see ANYTHING. But if you have faith in the way you brought her up, although there's no guarantee, she will be fine.
