The Driver's Test

Sent July 20, 2007

I had given our daughter, who was 15 at the time, a drivers manual.   On the way to town one day, I was coaching her as I drove. I told her  to be studying her book so as to be ready when it came time to get 
her driver's permit.

    "Oh, she said, "I already know everything in the book."

    "You do?" I returned.

    "Yep," she said, very smugly.

    I thought, "OK, I'll give her a hard one."

    So I asked her, "How many feet does it take to stop the car if you  are driving 60 miles an hour and have to slam on the brakes real hard?"

    "One," she replied.

    "What?" I asked. "One?!"

    She repeated her answer and then because of the confused look on my  face, she added, "One, Mom. You always told me never to use my left  foot on the brakes, only use my right one."