Write about learning to drive....who taught you, how old were you, what kind of car, are you a good driver now?

I turned 16 in 1968.  In the spring of 1967, my dad retired and we moved from Kansas City, Missouri to his hometown, a very, very small town in southwest Missouri. I went from 750 in my class at school to 18!  The school was so small they couldn't afford a drivers ed class so my dad taught me to drive in his 1962 Chevy Impala.  The '62s were still pretty small compared to some of the monsters they were driving around back then.  It was an automatic, but I later learned to drive a stick and I loved it.

My dad was a very patient man and even though he only completed the 8th grade, he was very smart.  He taught me everything I needed to know about driving including how to parallel park. In Missouri you can get your license on your 16th birthday and I did. I took my driver's test in Daddy's car and passed it 100%.  I made a perfect parallel park and I can still do it.  I know people who would drive around the block 50 times to keep from parallel parking.  I made 100% on my written test too and got my license the first try.

I think I'm a good driver.  I don't get in a hurry.  I used to, but I can give dh the credit for me slowing down.  He was born in slow motion.  His dad was the same way and so are his brothers.  At first it drove me crazy and even though I was the passenger, I was always pushing on the foot feed on my side of the car, LOL.  But now I would rather get there safely.  I also don't tailgate, in fact I keep a good distance from the car ahead of me.  If I'm in traffic, I go the same speed as the other traffic. 

That's it.  I miss my dad!