{"id":1318435,"date":"2020-02-26T14:52:08","date_gmt":"2020-02-26T21:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/?p=994014"},"modified":"2020-02-26T14:52:08","modified_gmt":"2020-02-26T21:52:08","slug":"around-the-corner-learning-to-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/around-the-corner-learning-to-drive\/","title":{"rendered":"Around the Corner: Learning to drive"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Kyle Mills<\/strong>
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I was always in a hurry when I was younger, whether I was late for school or work or just seeing how fast my car or truck would go.<\/p>\n

I was lucky that both my parents taught me to drive, and those lessons started at an early age.<\/p>\n

From the very first moment I got behind the wheel I knew I would love driving.<\/p>\n

I can\u2019t remember exactly how old I was when I first wrapped my hands around a wheel of automobile, but being raised on a farm meant we started early, and we were riding motorcycles, driving tractors as soon as we could reach the pedals.<\/p>\n

It feels like yesterday when my mom told me she didn\u2019t want to drive home and told me to get in the driver\u2019s seat. I was 9.<\/p>\n

I must have been smiling ear to ear; the sheer joy of that moment still gives me chills today.<\/p>\n

Unlike my brothers whose rap sheets for driving offenses stretches for miles, I think I am a blend of both of my parents\u2019 driving styles.<\/p>\n

My mom was the sensible one when it came to driving, obey the laws, and get from point A to point B unscathed.<\/p>\n

She loves to drive \u2014 and drive in style. She loves cars, and the list of cars she has owned is impressive. Many of her vehicles were souped-up, but she is never one to drive too fast, always obeying the speed limit.<\/p>\n

The other day she called me while my nephew was driving her home in her turbo-charged Lincoln SUV after visiting one of my brothers.<\/p>\n

Every few seconds she would tell him to slow down or not to hug the yellow line. And all I could hear my nephew say was, \u201cCan I put it in sport mode?\u201d<\/p>\n

To this day she has only received one moving violation, and that was for not having a valid proof of insurance.<\/p>\n

On the other hand my dad was the Dale Earnhardt of southern Idaho.<\/p>\n

Teaching my brothers and me the technique of driving the gravel-covered country roads on the edge of control. If you\u2019re not sideways going around a corner, you\u2019re not doing it right.<\/p>\n

He always looked at the speed limit as a suggestion that he never took.  Gas pedal mashed to the floor, his right hand on the wheel and his left relaxing on the window seal as the wind rushed by.<\/p>\n

Dad averaged a speeding ticket a year, driving fast up \u2019til the day he fell ill. I picture him trying to outrun the cops in heaven, just to avoid another ticket, at this very moment.<\/p>\n

I had good intentions to instill lessons from both of my parents as I teach my daughter to drive this year. <\/p>\n

I\u2019ve noticed I\u2019m leaning more toward being that cautious old man, making sure she obeys the speed limit at all times. I find myself telling her to be observant and watch other drivers, giving her scenarios of what could happen, and pointing out what other drivers are doing wrong.<\/p>\n

It will be hard when she starts driving alone, and worrying about the dangers that lurk out there.<\/p>\n

I know I can\u2019t control everything, but I do know one thing: she won\u2019t be driving herself to take the driving test like I did when I was a teenager.<\/p>\n

kmills@postindependent.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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