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Be careful where you stand when teaching your teen to drive

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Originally posted by: theNEOone
you guys are either cruel, amoral, or have never had a good relationship with your mother. aside from the fact that a perfectly innocent woman is dead, can you fathom what it must be like, to live for the rest of your life knowing that you had killed your own mother? joking about something like this shows the lack of detachment to reality that many of you have.


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What is this "reality" you speak of??
 
Originally posted by: Amused
5mph is fast enough to knock someone down and roll over them.

I'll tell you what. You stand in front of my car, say 10 ft. And I'll floor the gas and see what happens to you.
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At a guess? Person would flop onto the hood, hit the windshield, and have a broken leg or two.
 
The mother shouldn't have been standing behind the car.
The mother shouldn't have been teaching her 15 year old to drive when you can't get your permit in NJ until after you turn 16 and you can't get your license until after you're 17.
 
Originally posted by: mugs
The mother shouldn't have been standing behind the car.
The mother shouldn't have been teaching her 15 year old to drive when you can't get your permit in NJ until after you turn 16 and you can't get your license until after you're 17.
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And, before you get your permit at 16 you need 6 hours of driving school, and 17 is only a cinderella license.
 
Originally posted by: zendari
Originally posted by: Amused
5mph is fast enough to knock someone down and roll over them.

I'll tell you what. You stand in front of my car, say 10 ft. And I'll floor the gas and see what happens to you.
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At a guess? Person would flop onto the hood, hit the windshield, and have a broken leg or two.
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I'm assuming this scenario happened while the car was in reverse, which is rather different. It depends on what kind of car it was.
 
Originally posted by: F22 Raptor
Originally posted by: mugs
The mother shouldn't have been standing behind the car.
The mother shouldn't have been teaching her 15 year old to drive when you can't get your permit in NJ until after you turn 16 and you can't get your license until after you're 17.
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And, before you get your permit at 16 you need 6 hours of driving school, and 17 is only a cinderella license.
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Yeah that's right, otherwise you can't get your permit until you're 17. Granted this was on private property so she wasn't breaking the law, but I just don't see the point of teaching a 15 year old to parallel park. It's unfortunate that the girl is going to have to live with this for the rest of her life.
 
Originally posted by: mugs
Originally posted by: F22 Raptor
Originally posted by: mugs
The mother shouldn't have been standing behind the car.
The mother shouldn't have been teaching her 15 year old to drive when you can't get your permit in NJ until after you turn 16 and you can't get your license until after you're 17.
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And, before you get your permit at 16 you need 6 hours of driving school, and 17 is only a cinderella license.
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Yeah that's right, otherwise you can't get your permit until you're 17. Granted this was on private property so she wasn't breaking the law, but I just don't see the point of teaching a 15 year old to parallel park. It's unfortunate that the girl is going to have to live with this for the rest of her life.
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The only time you really have to parallel park is during your road test at 17..its a rare occurence nowadays..and if you're a girl the instructor probably won't make you do it anyway. Why bother learning how at that age?
 
Originally posted by: zendari
Originally posted by: mugs
Originally posted by: F22 Raptor
Originally posted by: mugs
The mother shouldn't have been standing behind the car.
The mother shouldn't have been teaching her 15 year old to drive when you can't get your permit in NJ until after you turn 16 and you can't get your license until after you're 17.
Click to expand...

And, before you get your permit at 16 you need 6 hours of driving school, and 17 is only a cinderella license.
Click to expand...

Yeah that's right, otherwise you can't get your permit until you're 17. Granted this was on private property so she wasn't breaking the law, but I just don't see the point of teaching a 15 year old to parallel park. It's unfortunate that the girl is going to have to live with this for the rest of her life.
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The only time you really have to parallel park is during your road test at 17..its a rare occurence nowadays..and if you're a girl the guy probably won't make you do it anyway. Why bother learning how?
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Well if you live in an urban area you may have to parallel park pretty often. 😉 In 8 years of driving I think I've done it only a few times.
 
Originally posted by: zendari
Originally posted by: mugs
Originally posted by: F22 Raptor
Originally posted by: mugs
The mother shouldn't have been standing behind the car.
The mother shouldn't have been teaching her 15 year old to drive when you can't get your permit in NJ until after you turn 16 and you can't get your license until after you're 17.
Click to expand...

And, before you get your permit at 16 you need 6 hours of driving school, and 17 is only a cinderella license.
Click to expand...

Yeah that's right, otherwise you can't get your permit until you're 17. Granted this was on private property so she wasn't breaking the law, but I just don't see the point of teaching a 15 year old to parallel park. It's unfortunate that the girl is going to have to live with this for the rest of her life.
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The only time you really have to parallel park is during your road test at 17..its a rare occurence nowadays..and if you're a girl the instructor probably won't make you do it anyway. Why bother learning how at that age?
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The xenocentricisim is strong in this one.
 
Originally posted by: krunchykrome
I just understand how in the hell you drive into your mother while learning to drive. Was the girl autistic? And she was frickin parallel parking. I don't remember driving over 1mph while paralell parking.
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Police believed the girl may have hit the gas pedal instead of the brake.
 
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