# Which car should I let my daughter drive?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-car-should-i-let-my-daughter-drive/594674>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 30, 2011, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-car-should-i-let-my-daughter-drive/594674 "2011-08-30T21:11:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![lindsaybluth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90db22/32.png) [@lindsaybluth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsaybluth)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-car-should-i-let-my-daughter-drive/594674/21 "2011-08-31T20:59:21Z")

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> [@Hakuna\_Matata](#):
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> Oh **lindsay** trust me I am not that naive that I feel she would’t or couldn’t do something bad! But there is a certain amount of trust AND monitoring going on. It isn’t like I am just turning over the keys and saying see you. But I fully recognize the dangers, etc of the situation. First speeding ticket or discussion I have with a neighbor or friend well things will change. She has known me most her life \<heh\> and she knows I will treat her as an adult as long as she acts like one, and the moment she doesn’t the rules change big time. She from past experiences knows and understands this. I am nothing if not consistent.

Oh I don’t think you’re naive at all. I actually think you’re a very sound parent from other posts. I just know that I had the saaaaaame deal going with my parents - no tickets for a year - and darned if I didn’t get one roughly a year after I got my license. And then another and another and…I’m just trying to convey that just a few short years ago I was a diligent, all around great kid. Impulse control has little to do with other outward signs of maturity. The human brain is just not developed at 16, 17, etc. I’ve also known people T-boned in accidents with drunk drivers and high drivers (just cuts and scrapes on the people but cars totaled), so that’s surely influencing my opinion as well.

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**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-car-should-i-let-my-daughter-drive/594674/22 "2011-08-31T21:00:11Z")

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A two seater? Where’s she going to make out with her boyfriend? 😉

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