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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts) Mon Feb 14, 2022, 10:13 AM Feb 2022

Pa. dad teaching teen to drive ends with SUV crashing into house

Dads teaching their teens to drive is a rite of passage. But this driving lesson went very wrong. The Sunday driving lesson in McKeesport, Pa., ended with the family SUV smashed into a house, causing the home owners to lose water service and perhaps sparking a natural gas leak, as well.

The homeowner was quoted as saying the whole incident began with a dad teaching his teen to drive. The crash happened just before 1:30 p.m. Sunday on the 2500 block of Walnut Street in McKeesport, Allegheny County.

The dad and teen weren’t named in the reports, which adds:
There was no immediate word on any injuries in the crash. However, EMS did respond to the scene.

At last report, the damaged home was without water, as the crash hit the water line and might have caused a natural gas leak.

https://www.pennlive.com/crime/2022/02/pa-dad-teaching-teen-to-drive-ends-with-suv-crashing-into-house.html

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Pa. dad teaching teen to drive ends with SUV crashing into house (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Feb 2022 OP

There was a terrible story several years ago. madaboutharry Feb 2022 #1

..."drivers' education should be offered without fee through every high school." MyOwnPeace Feb 2022 #2

How I learned to drive Freddie Feb 2022 #3

Driver's Ed was offered in my high school sdfernando Feb 2022 #4

madaboutharry

(41,353 posts)

1. There was a terrible story several years ago.

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Mon Feb 14, 2022, 10:22 AM

Feb 2022

A teenage girl being given a lesson by her mother ran her mother over while trying to parallel park and killed her.

This is why drivers’ education should be offered without fee through every high school. Those cars have an extra set of brakes and the lessons are given by trained instructors.

MyOwnPeace

(17,275 posts)

2. ..."drivers' education should be offered without fee through every high school."

Reply to madaboutharry (Reply #1)

Mon Feb 14, 2022, 10:33 AM

Feb 2022

Oh, sure - just what we need - our roads filled with librul commie-thinking drivers learning leftist atheist-pinko driving skills........ another plot to take away freedom and choice - what ever happened to "home schooling?"

Freddie

(9,691 posts)

3. How I learned to drive

Reply to madaboutharry (Reply #1)

Mon Feb 14, 2022, 10:50 AM

Feb 2022

My district had both behind-the-wheel instruction and a class on driver safety and rules in 10th grade. Both became a budget cut in the 80’s and of course, never returned.

sdfernando

(5,379 posts)

4. Driver's Ed was offered in my high school

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Mon Feb 14, 2022, 12:56 PM

Feb 2022

but I had already taken a course in Hawaii through the Army (we were stationed there when I was able to get my permit). When I sat down with my couselor my senior year he said I was not going to graduate because I hadn't taken driver's ed. I gave him my story and said I was not going to take the course as I had been driving legally in California since I was 15yo. I still graduated.

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