I am teaching my 16 year old son to drive. I am nearly constantly telling him to slow down. I am frightened when he drives alone he will drive way too fast. How can I get him to slow down, especially when I am not in the car?

There are electronic devices that you can buy that will essentially monitor the car’s speed and the force of braking. These devices keep a record of driving behavior, and can be checked after he drives, in order to find out how he operated the car. Tell your son that these are the terms, without…

Just curious, what kind of vehicle is he driving right now? You need to tell him to scan the gauges every 10 seconds, monitor speed and whatnot. How fast is he going over the limit? Around here if you are not doing at LEAST 5mph over the limit people are on your rear. It gets old, The speed limit…

If he has to work to pay for the full price of the car, the gas, insurance, and repairs, you can be certain he’ll drive much more carefully than he is now. I’m not a believer in any vehicle devices that try to control behavior. You may win the battle in the short term, but will lose in the long ru…

If this is a matter of speed being a real issue (say 50 in a 30 in town, etc) then my vote is with VDCdriver; restrict the driving. There’s not only the safety issue but the potential for lawsuits, liens, bankruptcy, or even criminal charges if someone is injured or dies because of the son’s drivin…

Replace his car with a bicycle.

I don’t want to make the OP any more neurotic regarding his son’s driving than he already is, but I feel that I have to point out that there is actually something that is statistically far more dangerous than speeding, and that is texting while driving. While all adolescents believe that they are i…

George, ‘‘more input’’ please. You want him to drive more slowly…in relation to what ? The posted limit ? The other traffic ? Your opinion ? Let’s put it in perspective. Just how slow is he NOT driving ? Do you want him to be the slowest vehicle in the line, sandbagging the flow ? Do you want…

VDC has given you excellent suggestions. The only thing I’d add is to put the “contract” inwriting and have him sign it. That should impress upon him that you’re serious. And be sure you let him know that you love him, but you WILL enforce the terms of the contract.

Thank you, mountainbike, for both the compliment and the addition of the importance of a behavioral contract. I guess that my age is catching up with me, since I failed to mention the importance of a behavioral contract, which I always used to stress with parents who had kids with behavioral issue…

How can I get my 16 year old son to drive more slowly?

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FoDaddy July 20, 2013, 9:44pm 5

How fast is he driving compared to the prevailing speed of traffic? If the speed limit is say 55 MPH but 90% of the traffic is going 75, then he’s actually much safer keeping up with traffic than he would be driving at 55.

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How can I get my 16 year old son to drive more slowly?

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