My Dad’s little british-racing-green MGA is apart of my favorite memories and apart of my most memorable failures. His car has been a part of my life since the day I was born. My earliest memories are of countless hours with my Dad driving merely for the fun of the wind in our hair. This car, the car he purchased after his high school graduation, brought me more experiences than I’ve ever thought I’d have. I turned 16 two years ago and that’s when things shifted. I got my driver’s license. I could now drive my dad’s prized possession. The first time my dad told me I should drive it my anxiety went through the roof. I was terrified I would break it, crash it, or burn it to the ground from grinding the clutch, since I knew little about how cars were built in the 50’s. I drove the car on the fields at the Portland racetrack where I didn’t have to worry about traffic. It was just me, my dad, and the car. I sat in the driver's seat, sweating profusely from my nerves and the sweltering summer heat. I was driving well even though I grinded a few gears, switching from first gear to third. I had successfully not crashed it, broke it or burned it to the ground. …show more content…
I had finally built up my confidence to drive it again because I knew my dad’s father-daughter day dream wouldn’t fade if I never learned. We returned to the racetrack. I was having deja vu. I drove the car around the racetrack outskirts back and forth, only killing it a few times. I felt confident, my dad was proud of me, and I was having
Davis, Robert. (2005, March 3). USA Today. “Is 16 too young to drive a car?”
When I was younger my dad used to drink alcohol.Never when he had kids did he use drugs but alcohol he did.It impacted me as a child because I remember watching him drink with family members in the backyard.While me and brothers and sisters played with cousins.I also remember him drinking him to much one day and I woke in middle of the night and he was in the restroom sleeping on the floor.My first reaction wasn’t to wake him up to go to his bed, but to instead bring him a pillow for him to sleep on.When I saw my dad in the restroom that night he had been throwing up in the bathroom.As for a child that is very close with his father it made me sad to him on the floor.Too me he looked lifeless for a odd reason I guess because he just looked
Alonzo’s heart increased as his hands closed around the steering wheel of his white Calater coupe, a newly released car model. He felt the cold breeze brush against his face as he looked to the horizon. It was cool and dry; clear of any cops, pedestrians and cars. A perfect night for this race, he thought, smirking slightly.
Davis, Robert. “Is 16 too Young to Drive? Growing Numbers Think So.” USA Today. 1 Mar.
Next week is the five year anniversary of my dads passing. He went to be with the Lord on June 14th. Seven days shy of his birthday. [Dad did everything in seven’s, it was his favorite number.] When this popped up in my Facebook Memories this morning, I started thinking about the many different examples my parents sat for me growing up. Especially the ones my father sat. I spent far more time with my mom, but the time I spent with dad was always special. Dad really did teach by example. I can remember shopping as a family. Kids want to touch everything. Dad always told me to put my hands in my pockets. If I didn’t have pockets, I was to put my arms behind my back and hold my wrist. He made sure he did whatever it was I had to do. He also told
Turning the age of sixteen is a huge step in the life of a teenager. When becoming the age of sixteen a new challenge is brought into that person’s life, and that new challenge is driving a car. But are sixteen year olds ready for this for this task? Some people would say that driving a car can be very problematic for a sixteen year old. Those people are right, sixteen year old should not be driving cars at that age, and just leave it for the people who are eighteen or even older to handle such a task. There are several good reasons why the government should raise the legal driving age to eighteen than leaving it at sixteen.
As I grew older, I became more mature and sophisticated. I became more knowledgeable, formed my own opinions and political views, and gained new insight into my life. I became more sociable and saw people and things in a new light. I also lose my naivety and saw who my dad truly was for the first time and that saddened me.
Driving is nearly an essential to our everyday lives in this day and age, as it is used to transport goods, information and ourselves to where they all need to be. More than 85% of Americans drive vehicles, and they have to start somewhere. For most Americans, that start is when they are 16 years old. At 16 years old, most Americans are in high school, likely working a job, living day to day to graduate and become an adult member of the population. At 16, driving is the ultimate freedom. At 16, new drivers sporting brand new licenses are a hazard. Historically, teens have been prone to get into accidents more than any other age group, and their statistic on their contribution to crash fatalities is disproportional to their contribution to their population statistic. In general, teen drivers are seen as a risk, a hazard and a concern due prominently to their relative inexperience. This raises the question of whether the driving age should be raised to reduce these risks and problems. But, a bill to make the legal driving age 18 should not be passed because a huge part of growing up and developing takes place with a teenager's new driver's license and car. Plus, raising the driving age isn't the only effective solution to avoiding the risks and maladies involved with teenage driving.
I always hear those old sayings. In the course of one day I can hear them about everything from retraining old dogs to getting up early. I think they make sense and I even ponder on some of them, but I never really thought one might mean as much to me, or become as realistic as it has become in my life. The clichés about telling those you love, how you feel, before it is too late and the ones about living every day like it is your last have an all new meaning to me.
Driving a car and obtaining a driver’s license does perhaps seem to provide people with a great sense of independence and freedom. Teenagers need to feel independent in order to learn to become successful on their own as well as realize how to handle life situations on their own, and having a license seems the perfect start and most effective way to do so. When teenagers feel this independence they tend to act more mature, knowing the responsibilities they must now carry on their own (More4Kids). Teenagers often look forward to the freedom that driving offers as well. Teenagers are able to take drives to escape from life’s many stressed, and leave any troubles at home behind without rebelling out against their loved ones.
“Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of unintentional deaths for teens (16-17),” reported The New York State Department of Health. The most exciting thing about being sixteen in the United States is driving. Teenagers can not wait to be sixteen to drive, however, they do not understand the dangers that come with driving at such a young age. Sixteen is the age between child life and adulthood. It is a time when they are not stable and undergoing change, which makes them unsuitable to drive. Many teenagers would say that they need to get to places. In response to that claim, there are public transportation systems and bikes as available alternatives for young drivers. The financial stability and matureness of eighteen year olds proves
When the majority of people hear the words “teen drivers,” many things come to mind: many of which are not good. I’m sure most people would think of car accidents, recklessness, and possibly driver’s education or the lack thereof. More drivers education for teens is controversial because of three main topics: safety for teen and adult drivers, car accidents among teens, and special regulations against new drivers with siblings. Getting a driver’s license is a very exciting moment for teens and a very nervous one for their parents. There are two parts to new teen driving: the thrill of driving on your own and returning home safely.
Ever since I was little, I dreamed about driving and becoming an adult. I was eager to be the one guiding the car, whipping it in and out of lanes, being not just an on-looker, but truly in control. When you’re a kid, you are very impatient and yearn to become an adult with tons of freedom and limited restrictions. That’s why getting a driver’s license and having my own car felt light years away. But to my surprise, each year went by faster than the last, and in the blink of an eye my sixteenth birthday had swiftly arrived.
I lived with my father for my entire life, but due to his work I did not spend much time with him. My father worked at a different city; and thus he comes home only a few times a month. My father is a mechanic. He works at a company that is distant from our home. This was due to the company being the only one and the first where cars were being assembled in Ethiopia. Sometimes on the weekends I used to go to his work place. He would give me a trip of the place; the station was filled with vehicles, trucks, and motorcycles. It was separated by sections. In each section there were only one type of vehicle and the assembly process was shown step by step. From a fuse to large engine of the car, components were getting attached.