After 7 hours of driving with an instructor, hours of observing others drive in an instructional setting and classroom learning, Abby now has her G1 license.
She got to experience the joys of the Secretary of State office to get her license - first lining up to get a number, then over an hour and a half sitting waiting to get called up to get processed.
Good people watching though - one enraged and rather entitled lady yelling that she had her license in Detroit, moved out of state and now wants to switch her license back to Michigan but she keeps failing to being documents and she's been trying to get this done 3 times. One young lady is getting her license picture taken while she's in a costume and makeup like a baby doll - complete with pink and white makeup on her face, pink streaks in the hair and a body type really not suitable for the outfit she's wearing. I wonder if someone had her do it on a dare. That license picture is going to regrettably stick with her for a long time.
So Abby gets processed, and yes I have all the required documents, and it goes very smoothly once we actually get to the counter.
The G1 only lets her drive with a parent or other licensed adult in the vehicle, and she needs 50 hours with at least 10 at night over a 6 month period and can then proceed to a G2 license.
So I took her on her first drive at night yesterday.
This is a little disconcerting and tense as I have no additional brake nor wheel on my side of the car, its not like in a plane where you can take over from the right seat. You have to trust that she knows enough but also have to be ready to give her some hints if need be.
I had her drive to her old middle school as she has now driven the route in the day a few times to give her something familiar for her nighttime driving. She did good,and we did some practice parking and driving all around and then came back drove through the neighborhood for a bit and then back home for a good first experience.
I am rather impressed with her driving instructor. She's driving quite decently if with some standard new driver hesitancy and slow speed, but I'm impressed with how far she's come already, and she'll get there. It doesn't hurt that she really pays attention to what she's doing and what is going on around her.
49 more hours to go until her G2.
3 comments:
" It doesn't hurt that she really pays attention to what she's doing and what is going on around her."
Well, yes...but it doesn't hurt that she's had some good parenting to teach her that and so much more. Well Done!
Hey Aaron;
Your daughter will do well because she has been watching you for years seeing what you are doing and unlike a lot of people..you actually know what you are doing....although you drive slow...according to Murphy, LOL
juvat: Thank you! We'll take some of the credit but this kid is a seriously motivated self-starter. Can't ask for better.
MrGarabaldi: Thanks, I try to be a good role model, even if my vocabulary while driving can be a tad intemperate! Since everyone drives slow according to Murphy, I'm in good company on that.
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