Mr McCann of Lincoln High School of Stockton and my father taught me to drive. Can't remember the school's car, but I got my license in a 1955 Dodge Station Wagon...a real tank. That was back when you had to parallel park. Dad set up Clorox bottles filled with sand and old broom handles. He started out with a huge parking space in front of the house and made the space smaller and smaller until I could park in about 3/4 of the standard space. I can still parallel park left or right side of the street. I parallel parked a 3/4 ton pickup with a cab over camper in downtown Vacaville in the mid-1970s in one try, got out and people on the sidewalk were applauding. I got my first license in 1964, a year behind my contemporaries due to a knee injury. I received my first traffic ticket in Texas seven years ago...almost to the day. EdrieAnne

Pacific Grove High School Driver's Ed and my mother, step-father and boyfriend's patience. Took the test for license in a 1958 ford convertible with a stick shift. My step-father would only take me down for the test after I passed muster to his satisfaction in the Ford *and* his truck. The family car--an automatic--did not count. Had to be able to parallel park all three. Spent hours on weekends, VERY early in the morning, practicing in school parking lot, on local military base, in neighborhood, downtown, and on town and local roads before taking test in 1963. The school training comprised less than a quarter of the time spent overall. Have never received more than a parking ticket--knock on wood. Kinda laugh at parents today who seem out of sorts that schools do not do this chore for them. This is only the beginning! My boyfriend taught me how to get in gear on a hill by driving me to a hilly neighborhood at 6am and parking. We then exchanged places and he fell asleep on the passenger side after telling me that he would buy me coffee and a doughnut if I could make it into town. I did. The car transmission survived but I will never figure out how he managed to nap with me bucking the car so. Should have married him!!! Jan