Thread: REMOVED: Gotta start 'em young

brings back memories of teaching my kids to drive at an early age, all started on a beach at about 8 yrars old in an old toyota cruiser. Oldest sons first drive was the most remembered because he ended up planting the foot in 1st low range and headed up in the dunes before I could rectify the problem. This was all done on deserted beaches, with the kids having complete control (for want of a better description) sitting solo in the drivers seat. Some may say not clever but my kids have only had minor scrapes in there cars. I started driving (steering) straped to a tractor seat at age 5
cheers
blaze

Originally Posted by Numpty's Missus

Wait for it, wait for it.............

huh?

Originally Posted by catch-22

huh?

The wally's telling you, your a bad parent and how irresponsible you are, but in "nicer" terms



My nephew started off in his booster seat, in the paddock in my brothers V8 lux, with the hand throttle out a touch and 1st low, he was fine, leave in the car himself, only problem was when he wanted to come see you, he'd drive towards you, had to quickly pop out and stop for him

Originally Posted by Numpty's Missus

Wrong........ and don't call me a Wally please

Ahhh, now I see your confuzzlement

When he asked huh? I was pointing out that YOU were referring TO the Wally's that'll post up about the rights and wrongs

I wasn't calling you a wally













Kinda thinking it now but

I knew what NM meant, then I thought Rovercare was calling NM a wally.....then having read his response.....now see that RC wasnt calling NM a W, but was in fact referring to perhaps others. That said, when I was a youngster, I was driving an old Toyota Cruiser trayback at around 8-9 yrs old, its how I learnt to drive....mind you was on a farm. Plus use to ride an AG100, that weighed 10 times as much as me, my feet couldnt touch the ground and literally had to slow down and jump to the side onto the ground whilst braking at the same time so that I could stop it. Folks nowdays would consider that bad parenting, along with a pic of myself at around 10-11, with a lever action Winchester to one side of me and a can of good ol Country Bitter to the other side.........old man forgot to pack a cool drink for me on a hard days shooting .

Regards

Stevo

P.S. Cute son their mate and I agree start them young, had my 4mth old in the drivers seat the other day, letting him get the feel of the steering wheel

Regards

Stevo

Great, now you've upset all the blokes named Wally.

This is not a Wally-free forum, folks.

er, we got taught to steer young also, i actually caused my mum to roll the 2 1/2 riley by climbing over her shoulder when i was a real little takker, i can remember steering the first mainline sitting on dads lap, and the third mainline mum pranged whilst passing a line of fifteen cars at full noise when a car about the middle of the pack pulled out, so she was committed to pass that also, which brought us undone, grandad grabbed the door handle to hang on and promptly fell out! but i digress,
i drove my first semi at thirteen when i swapped seats with dad on the move - 13 and i had a fully loaded 190 inter in my control on the newell! i know he was packing it when we got to a narrow bridge and another semi was coming the other way, we passed on the bridge ok and then it was time for me to get back to my side!
lots of tractors and cars on private property while i was a kid, another time mum wanted some chow food and dad was away, so L plates on the 64 fairlane and off to hampton street up south road, don't know if mum could see the speedo, but she changed her mind and we went up to moorabbin to see her folks, crossed hampton street and had a ton on the clock just past st leonards, bit of a rise there, so i decided that i might really get in the poo if she saw the speedo and slowed it down.
another trip i had same car at 95 mph with six blokes on board up country when we had been on a fishing trip, straight road and 'give it a bit' was called by the pax, dad did chip me and we had to slow it a bit.
i could go on, but not now.