Today I had my first official driving lesson. My mother taught me, in a large parking lot for a business no open on weekend. It went pretty well, the parking lot was comprised of many smaller parking lots all parallel to each other, so I only got up to about 24 mph, and got in A LOT of turning practice. I only had one small mishap, although it wasn't even that, I pressed the gas a little to hard, turning the wrong way and nearly hit a trash bin, but mum screamed at me, and I missed it so... that was OK.
One interesting thing did happen though, I got stopped by the police. Yea, how many people get stopped by the police in their first HOUR of driving, it wasn't for anything bad though. He was just wondering why we had been slowly meandering around the parking lot for over an hour. I guess if I was a board (or not) police man I would have stopped me too. Anyway he did an official "check up" on me, mum, the car, the owner of the car (dad) the insurance etc. (I could hear it all though his walkie talkie thing. He then gave me a quick driving tip, told me good luck and went away.
Let me add he didn't just coast up, he had the lights flashing, so I guess I should have said in addition to starting, stopping, and turning I had a lesson in what to do when the cops pull you over which is always useful, right?
I always imagine cops going home to their house that has their wife who just finished cooking dinner, and his kids, about age 10 and sitting down at a big oval table and the cop telling his family of that days stories "Today I stopped a girl who was just learning how to drive, her first hour" he might say. Probably really unlikely, but hey that's what goes through me head. Check back in soon, I have another lesson in the parking lot tomorrow and a Holiday parade to march in for band. (Last year there was a camel at it!) so more stories!
Photo Credits: me!!! It was taken from a school bus window, which is a motor vehicle like a car... get it?
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