im 16 and can take drivers ed in the fall, and it saves you money on insurance. but i contacted my insurance agent, and she said that it would save me $500 over 5 years. that's great and all, but the class is $400. so it would save me $20 a year. is it worth sitting through the pain (and im sure its painful) 3 hours a night once a week when i could be doing homework or studying, just to save $20 a year?
2006-08-25 16:28:34 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Safety
Don't just think of benefits in terms of cheaper insurance rates.
Look at it also as getting a head start on being the best possible driver you can be. You know whether or not you need to take the class. Spending the $400 now to learn something about what you'll probably be doing for the rest of your life is a pittance compared to knowing what to do in a situation that will save you considerably more... including your's or someones else's life.
2006-08-25 16:33:44 · answer #1 · answered by J.D. 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is, Junior. Driving a car is NOT a freakin' video game, it is not a toy, and should not be allowed to people that don't take the responsibility seriously. Your license is a legal document given to you by the state, and is an agreement between you & them that you UNDERSTAND the rules of the road and your responsibilities when driving. It is an ugly plastic permission slip that means you have the maturity required to pilot a two-ton lethal weapon in a sea of idiots, under any social situation, and in any weather condition. If you can't handle that, or don't think that driving is really that involved, then you ABSOLUTELY need to take driver's education classes. Why pass up the opportunity to learn everything you can? There may come a day when some little piece of information you picked up in class may save your life or prevent a nasty accident. But the #1 reason to take the class is because life doesn't have a reset button. You screw up, and there's nothing to keep you from coming to a screaming, burning, crushed, bloody end...
2016-03-27 06:23:57 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is, Junior. Driving a car is NOT a freakin' video game, it is not a toy, and should not be allowed to people that don't take the responsibility seriously.
Your license is a legal document given to you by the state, and is an agreement between you & them that you UNDERSTAND the rules of the road and your responsibilities when driving. It is an ugly plastic permission slip that means you have the maturity required to pilot a two-ton lethal weapon in a sea of idiots, under any social situation, and in any weather condition.
If you can't handle that, or don't think that driving is really that involved, then you ABSOLUTELY need to take driver's education classes. Why pass up the opportunity to learn everything you can? There may come a day when some little piece of information you picked up in class may save your life or prevent a nasty accident.
But the #1 reason to take the class is because life doesn't have a reset button. You screw up, and there's nothing to keep you from coming to a screaming, burning, crushed, bloody end...
2006-08-26 05:15:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Honestly mate, you'll learn the same things you do in a drivers ed class that you will will driving with a parent or older sibling. I perosnally never took drivers ed in school but i learned to drive by my dad taking me to empty parks and around our complex a couple times. Then, he paid for two on the road classes from a drivers school to show me how it was on teh road. Their cars are designed with brake pedals on both the drivers and passangers side of the car. The savings are actually pretty much worthless really. Your 16, your insurance goes up depending on what kind of car you'll be driving, so the 20-100 a year you'll save will be added back on with the type of car. Also, you're more at risk of accidents so your insurance is higher until you turn 26. Save the money, talk to your parents or brothers or sisters or uncles/aunts, go to a park or practice around an apartment complex, pay for a couple road classes and study the manual and you''ll be fine. Save your money for later. You'll need it later.
2006-08-25 16:37:58 · answer #4 · answered by vail2073 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
How about if it saves your LIFE? Or even allows you to get a license at 16? Many states require drivers ed if you are under 18. If you want to wait, that's up to you. But if you took drivers ed, you'd know all that!
BTW, they dropped the rack and thumbscrews from drivers ed back in the 1960s sometime so I think the pain factor is much lower these days.
2006-08-25 17:41:32 · answer #5 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes because you can get a much cheaper insurance rate and this could save you a lot of moneynot pnly that but you might be able to take defensive driving and this has the potential of saving your life maybe not today or tomorrow but you never know when that day will come.
2006-08-29 16:02:08 · answer #6 · answered by madamtortuga 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
OF COURSE! If it ONLY saves you your life? Ur life is SO worth it! Would you rather live or die saving $20 a year that you won't need if ur not alive.
2006-08-25 17:08:55 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
your school doesnt give you drivers ed????
you should only have ton pay for the Behind the wheel training (drivers training)
2006-08-25 16:30:55 · answer #8 · answered by mommy2savannah51405 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
eww..$400? Well in your state it must be a requirement...you better start your donation fund!! It's not bad as it seems....
2006-08-25 16:35:04 · answer #9 · answered by siani 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋