I drove a tractor before a car! When I was about 11 my dad asked me if I'd like to ride on the tractor...a three wheeled John Deere. I had a great time and told him I'd like to learn to operate the tractor. He told me when I could reach the controls...he'd teach me. I'd go out almost daily to try to reach the controls and eventually learned to run that vehicle. I also would drive my mom's 1965 Plymouth station wagon to town from the ranch at about age 14 to get groceries if she didn't feel like going in. Legally driving a car was almost anticlimactic. Mr. Asplund at Live Oak High School in Morgan Hill did my drivers training class circa 1971. We had drivers ed (classroom stuff) and then signed up for drivers training. Mr. Asplund was able to talk to the other two girls who took the on road training stuff with me because I already KNEW how to drive. One of the girls in my group scraped the side of the car on a bridge when we were going through a rural two lane road and another car was coming toward us. Mr. Asplund had her pull over and had the other girl take over after that incident! First car was a truck...196? International...column stick shift that my dad got licensed for street use so I would have something to drive back and forth to school...it had been the hay hauler for the ranch. Next car was a 60's vintage VW bug...sure wish I had that car now. Drove ambulance for about 9 years in the mid-80's to mid-90's...with no problem. Only a few tickets over the years...two 'fix-it' and two speed. Perrin > Does anyone remember when they learned to drive? Who Taught you & where? > Kind of vehicle used...I just renewed my 5 year license for the 5th > time. > > ~Linda~ > Willow Creek, CA. > > > > ----------------------------------------- > NORCAL ARCHIVES: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > Enter NORCAL. Browse by month. > Or click the "Search all archives" link to search by keyword. > ----------------------------------------- > To post a message to the NORCAL mailing list, send an email to > NORCAL@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NORCAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >