<p>Some of the commercial driving school teachers also teach in the school courses…lot of old guys with nerves of steel and they’re flexible about lesson times - will pick kid up at your house and drop off. Much better to have one of them in the passenger seat - parents tend to freak.</p>
<p>Thanks for the suggestion about giving him a chance to get some basic skills down before driver’s ed. I hadn’t thought of that. I think I will delegate this one to my husband! </p>
<p>Muffy, that’s what I need, a teacher with nerves of steel. My nerves are made of cotton candy these days.</p>
<p>One of my kids took drivers ed at a local Catholic high school and I thought it would be nuns teaching them; they’re not afraid of dying…but I think the instructors were all male retired gym teachers or something. My kids HATE to drive with me because I’m tensed and ready to crash.</p>
<p>I have taught two sons to drive before they took driver’s ed. I would always sit on my hands, so I wouldn’t be tempted to hold out my hands when my son was getting too close to the car in front of him. However, I did find myself pressing on the imaginary brake pedal many times. To my credit, they are both very good drivers - even though I have many more gray hairs over them driving!!</p>
<p>To be fair, although the line was long in Yonkers, I believe it moved pretty quickly once they opened the doors. Not every person was there for a learner’s permit.</p>