Im legitemately concerned about her safety and the safety of others. Joseph was a good driver from day one. Joney wrecked the first thing she drove and that is pretty much what its been like. She turned 15 in november, been driving quite a bit. Shes a very smart girl but this driving thing just isnt in her wheelhouse. 8 more months untill i will have to watch her drive away by herself. The Lord will have to intervene if she gets ready in time. I pray every day that the Lord keep my kids safe and he has. Thats about the only thing i have to cling to in this situation. She will be driving a volvo. About the only things i can do is try to teach her and buy her the safest vehicle on the road.

Like the song says " she drives me crazy"
I know. I have 2 daughters

Went through it with my daughter back in October. My son was easy to teach, not her. It took a while and a shit ton of patience. She totaled her first one on January 8. She was on her way home from school and hit some loose gravel that had washed into the road right in the middle of the curve. She lost the rear end, over corrected, went off the road and flipped it twice. She was going 45 when it happened. Thankfully all she got was some bumps and bruises.

That didnt help Shaw

My wife has zero patience so I taught both my daughters to drive. Both were relatively easy to teach and quick learners. Both are good drivers but with that being said my youngest wrapped her car around a power pole last month and totaled it. Kinda same scenario as Shaw's daughter minus the flipping. Her and her friend only got minor scrapes and bruises thank God especially with what the car looked like. All you can do is teach them the best you can, let them go and pray.

Whatever you do, make the importance of wearing her seatbelt the first thing she learns and hope it stays with her the rest of her life. That’s a life skill just like swimming lessons that could literally save her life one day.

First year my son was in dental school at UAB, guy ran a red light through an intersection and my son t-boned him. My son had his seatbelt on, that and the airbag saved his life Demolished his car but other than some cuts and airbag burns, he was fine. He later admitted to me that he had not been wearing his seatbelt lately but for some reason decided to wear it that day.

Very solid point. I instilled that in both my kids. Selt belts and airbags will do their jobs but they will also jack you up but that's better than the alternative.

I'd say that turning 16 isn't an automatic pass to drive. Don't let her until she proves to be up to it or comes of legal age and moves out of your house.

Holy Smokes Shaw.... Gracious dude, you hit ol Jdub below the belt with that one....

Like JA said. Seatbelt. I told my son everyone who rode needed a seatbelt because the driver was responsible for everyone in the car. If something happens to them, at a minimum he (me) was financially responsible. Possibly, legally responsible.

Never drive intoxicated. No matter what. Call me anytime. I won't say a word about it.

And like shaw pointed out. Over correcting is one of the toughest things for all drivers. If you run off the road, don't snatch. If a dog runs out in front of you, don't snatch.

Never adjust the radio, AC or anything else when you're about to pass a car head on.

Don't turn her loose if she ain't ready. Your job is to protect her, not be her best friend and just keep her happy. If she gets mad because momma and daddy don't think she isn't ready, so be it. I'd rather see em mad than in a hospital or funeral home.

I had the same scenario with mine and she eventually got it through her thick head and got it right.

I told her a couple weeks ago that she only had a few months to get prepared to drive on her own and i wouldnt let her drive off by herself if i wasnt sure she was ready. Shes getting a little better but shes still a ways off.

My oldest daughter turns 16 April 2nd I am horrified rose with her last week she made a left turn into oncoming traffic. When I ask she said I had the right of way. Umm for a left turn with no light or stop sign? I am not sure what they are teaching her in drivers ed but it ain’t taking.

My little sister wrecked so many times when she turned 16 the insurance dropped my whole family. She narrowly missed really hurting or killing someone. Since then (she’s probably 46 now), she’s had zero wrecks.

I would consider not letting the day she turns 16 being Independence Day. Nothing wrong with waiting 6 more months. You know what’s best as her dad; not her or her friends.

It sounds like several of us are in the same boat. I’m teaching my 15 year old daughter right now as well. She’s doing pretty good but she’s a bit aggressive so I’m trying to break her of that before it causes her to have an accident.

My son was easy. He had been driving something since he was 5. Didn't matter what it was, he learned to control gas/brake and steering. By the time he was 15 he was as good as any adult. He'd been driving my truck on abandoned roads for a long time.

My 7yo girl is proving much harder. But I find large parking lots and she sits in my lap and drives the parking lot. Some days are better than others. The more time she gets behind the wheel the more comfortable I'll be. But she won't get keys unless I know she can handle herself safely in a car.

I’ve work a lot of vehicle crashes and Toyotas and Hondas appear to be the safest vehicles in my opinion. The design of the passenger compartments are really tough. I’ve had some where I thought sure the occupants were 10~7 but walked away with minor scratches or nothing at all. I can’t recall working a crash involving a Volvo but I’m sure they have a high safety rating also.

I had mine driving the Ranger at the club when they turned 12. That helped a lot.

Sister backed over a stop sign learning to drive, what was supposed to be, her first car. Dad said "Nope" and it sat in the garage for 8 years waiting on me. Since flattening the stop sign, she's run into the side of a building (gas instead of brake and hopped the parking stop), run a few people off the road going 70mph on a 2 lane in the fog (passing), flattened all 4 tires on Mom's car (took the last curve out of town too fast, hit a pot hole and I bounced from one back door to the other a few times before we came to a stop in the ditch 1/4 mile from the house), totaled a car or 2 and many fender benders.
*the car Sister backed over the stop sign with was a '61 convertible Corvette....she surely would've crushed the fiberglass body in a fender bender, if not totaled it completely.

I'd say get the life 360 app or any other like that and install a dash camera. I have them in almost all my vehicles.