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Jul 2, 2008 - The Big Day

Well it's a big day in our house. Today is the 16th birthday of our daughter and that means time for the learner's permit.

So right after 6AM basketball practice - that's right, 6 in the A of M - I'll be taking her to the driver's license center to take the permit test.

Now it will be at least 6 months until she can get her junior license, so there's more waiting involved. But here in Pennsylvania she'll have to have at least 50 hours behind the wheel, kept track of in a log, before she can take the driving test.

It's a really good idea, as long as the parents are on top of it and don't just fill in the book to have a filled in book. Our first daughter had about 150 hours logged and over 1500 miles by the time she took her test and I expect about the same  this time even with the price of gas.

We've owned nothing but manual transmission cars since 1979 so the kids get the full car control experience. I really feel that has made my daughter a better driver as you have to pay attention to what's going on with the car when you're behind the wheel.

Oops... don't want to be late for practice! Happy Birthday Kate! (Time to work on that jump shot)

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