Teaching my kid to drive took me to the braking point

This First Person article is written by James Whittingham, a comic actor, writer and podcaster based in Regina. For more information about First Person stories, seeWhen my 15-year-old daughter was shown the obligatory video of fatal accidents in her driver education class, she let out an highly-audible gasp and cried, "Oh my god!" through her hands over her mouth.

They're making kids too smart for their own good these days. It took five minutes of negotiation before we settled on the term "accelerator pedal."Amelia Whittingham shows off her driver's licence after passing the final road exam. Dad's first rule of driving: Don't get into an accident. It's not "10 and two" anymore, for example. It's "nine and three" when it comes to where you place your hands on the wheel. That's because we now have airbags that could deploy and send your hands into your face.It's not the first time I've taught a kid to drive. My son is 20 and an excellent driver. But a few days before he got his driver's licence, we got rear-ended by an old pickup truck because my son followed the rules for red lights.

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