T put one of these in the van and now we have one in the Subaru. We jokingly refer to it as our good luck charm. We couldn't find the one that we had in the van so at the last tournament we picked up a new one. T is doing so great with his driving. We have already had the conversation with him that he wasn't getting his Level ll license until we felt he was absolutely ready for it even though the law tells him he can get it at 16.
There are 3 stages to getting your drivers license now. Stage 1 is a Level 1 which is a driving a permit. You hold that one for a year. Level 11 allows you to drive by yourself during certain hours and you can only have one other person under the age of 21 in the vehicle with you while you are driving. You hold it for 6 months. I personally think that should be longer. Level lll is a step away from their permanent license which they hold until they are 18. With it they can drive anytime. At 18 they receive their permanent license. So I'm guessing the inexperience charges to insurance happens when they get their Level ll and Level lll licenses. We are bracing ourselves for what those charges are going to be. I told Scot that we should talk to our insurance guy and find out so that we can start putting money back for it...LOL! Everyone has warned me that the charges are much worse for guys than girls.
I've had two people I know that were in horrific accidents this week and lives were lost. In the one accident a 16 year old boy was racing with his headlights off at night. My friend was making a left hand turn with her son and his girlfriend in the car with her. Her son is in ICU fighting for his life and his girlfriend died. The other accident was the daughter of a mom I know from our homeschool group. Her daughter was 20 years old. She made a bad judgement call taking a left hand turn and got plowed into by a dump truck and died instantly. Suffice it to say that we are being very careful with T and talking to him a lot about being a safe driver because it's better to arrive late and safe than not arrive at all. Sad part is that he has to watch out for all the other Jo Knuckle Heads on the road. So we are teaching him how to be a good defensive driver and I may sign him up to take some defensive driving classes too. There's so much more that he has to deal with driving than we ever had to deal with when we learned to drive and we want him as safe as he possibly can be on the road.
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