Originally Posted by Moses
Yes. I have been teaching Drivers Ed (Classroom/Behind the wheel) for a long time. I teach 8-12 students behind the wheel a month. Ten % of them seem to drive as well as experienced drivers. 40% are decent and require some minor coaching in "turning" the car"/when to start breaking. 30% make for a very uncomfortable day and the the bottom 20% are terrible. 6 hours behind the wheel. Over the years I have only had one I could not train. Whenever there is more than one teenager in a car with a 15yr- 19yr old driver mistakes being made by the driver is 3 times more likely than all other age groups combined. I call them mistakes....not accidents. An accident happens when a tree limb falls on your car while you are in your house. Sad story. Driver at fault. Parents should follow their kids more closely. It is a lie that the parents should afford them the level of privacy that allows them to make this type of mistake.



Good post - your differentiation between "accidents" and "mistakes" is a very good one and applies to many incidents beyond driving.

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