| Author | Message | ||
     ReallyTrying Citizen Username: Reallytrying Post Number: 49 Registered: 1-2003 |
Where is the best place to teach a teen-ager to drive? What's your experience? We started in the pool parking lot yesterday, staying well away from any parked cars. We won't be able to do that late this week, what with the Garden Club sale. Can you recommend a similar sort of place? Also, when you take a teen-ager out on the actual road for the first time, where do you go? | ||
| peteglider Citizen Username: Peteglider Post Number: 82 Registered: 8-2002 |
Personally -- I think its best when my teen uses her Mom's car (my ex-wife) ;-) We live near South Mountain Annex -- and this Saturday while we were in the parking lot, a Mom and her daughter also showed up to try driving! That parking lot is TOO small for two student drivers! Her Mom has taken her to the large chain store lots on route 22. So far everyone has survived :-o Good luck - Pete | ||
| ReallyTrying Citizen Username: Reallytrying Post Number: 51 Registered: 1-2003 |
Way too small! I was thinking of trying the SOMS lot. Whay about going on the road - where's a nice, quiet , little street with absolutely no traffic, distractions, children, animals, signs of life, or parked cars?  | ||
| bookgal Citizen Username: Bookgal Post Number: 342 Registered: 7-2001 |
How about up at the reservation? | ||
| greenetree Supporter Username: Greenetree Post Number: 1618 Registered: 5-2001 |
If you feel like a trek, Garden State Plaza has a huge parking lot, stop lights, real streets and is closed on Sundays. | ||
| zoesky Citizen Username: Zoesky Post Number: 90 Registered: 6-2002 |
Mall parking lots (when closed) are excellent places to learn how to drive, as Greenetree says. I've had a driving license for almost 20 years, but 7 years ago I learned how to drive a stickshift at the Willowbrook Mall lot, and it worked well. Back in the day when I was a teenager, my mother taught me to drive by going to garage sales on Saturdays: lots of parallel parking practice, quiet streets, not much commercial traffic, familiar terrain (and a few bargains to boot). | ||
| Brian O'Leary Citizen Username: Brianoleary Post Number: 1331 Registered: 3-2002 |
If you go out to Livingston Mall, there is a satellite lot tucked away by South Orange Avenue, to the right as you enter the mall from South Orange Avenue. It is vacant, even during holiday season. If you don't mind the drive, it might work for new drivers. www.opensouthorange.com Vote Line B on May 13th | ||
| ReallyTrying Citizen Username: Reallytrying Post Number: 55 Registered: 1-2003 |
Thanks for all the ideas! | ||
| optimyst Citizen Username: Optimyst Post Number: 49 Registered: 6-2001 |
The top lot above Whole Foods hardly ever has many cars on it. Worked for us! | ||
| NancyJanow Citizen Username: Librarylady Post Number: 821 Registered: 5-2001 |
There are lots of street in SO that are well known as great places to teach teenagers to drive. However, as a favor to the residents of those local streets, I don't think it is fair to post the names on this well read BB. Private line me for my suggestions, and then I'll swear I never gave them to you. He He  NCJ aka LL | ||
| Ed May Citizen Username: Edmay Post Number: 1402 Registered: 9-2001  |
We used cemetaries to teach our daughters to drive. If they hit someone ..... they are already dead. Ed May | ||
| ReallyTrying Citizen Username: Reallytrying Post Number: 56 Registered: 1-2003 |
WEll, Ed, thanks for making me LOL on a dreary morning!  |
