Aus News 12: Stop parents teaching kids to drive

According to a motoring body survey, most of the respondents believe that parents do not have sufficient driving skills to teach their children how to drive properly and therefore they should be barred from doing so, as a means of improving road safety. One of the many reasons given was that parents will have the tendency to pass on their own bad driving habits to the kids. On the other hand, the RAA manager of mobility and safety, Wendy Bevan said claimed that banning parents from guiding their children in how to drive is not ideal. She explained that parents should be suppported so that to guarantee their confidence and the skills required to instruct the beginner driver to drive correctly. In addition, it is better if the parents could go with their children attending the driving lesson with a qualified instructor as this teaches parents the proper driving manner as well.

The increasing road accidents nowadays could be one of the impacts resulted from bad driving habits. It is true that parents might pass on their bad driving habits to their children or mislead them the proper driving manner. In my opinion, it is not an ideal way to deter parents from teaching their kids to drive, as some children would feel more confident and learn better from their parents. Hence, it is best to encourage parents to attend driving lesson with their children, together with accredited driving instructor, so that parents learn the correct way to guide their children, and on the same time, reduce the possibility of passing on the bad habits to their kids.