1. Will I have a vehicle of my own to drive, or will I share? I will share, then I will own.
2. Who will pay for the insurance and gas? My mom will pay for insurance. I will pay for gas.
3. Contact your family’s car insurance company to obtain a cost estimate. How much will you be expected to pay monthly or annually? $110 monthly
4. If you drive 50 miles each week and your car gets 25 miles to the gallon with gas costing $4.00 per gallon, how much gas will you have to buy? $8.00 a week
5. If you get paid $8.00 per hour at your job and insurance is $200 a month, how many hours will you have to work to pay for insurance? 25 hours
6. Will your parents set restrictions on your driving such as the hours of the day you can drive or how many passengers you can have in the car? If so, please include restrictions. I can go to and from school.
7. Will your parents allow you to drive to school, work, on major highways, how far from home can you drive? Please include where you will be allowed to drive. I will drive to school and maybe to the mall and movies without getting on highways.
8. Never text and drive! Discuss with your parents the use of your cell phone when driving. Explain to them the one situation when it would be appropriate to talk on your cell phone. Then write the situation you spoke with them about. The one situation it would be appropriate to talk on the phone while driving would be an emergency. If there is an emergency and I have to call my parents, I will call them.
Module 8: Substance Abuse
OPTION 1:
There are many dangers when using alcohol and drugs. When you are using alcohol your judgment gets impaired. It also slows down your reaction time. If you are using drugs it may cause you to hallucinate which can affect how you respond to the things around you. This can have a major affect on your driving. Driving while drinking or using drugs is dangerous. One thing you can can do to be