Pls, i need tips on how i must convince my parents to let me drive. Am 19 already n its like dere is no way. Their answer is NO. I get sad wen i see my friends driving. Front page pls incase dere r pple in my shoes.

lwkm.. Wait wah kinda car do u wana drive? Nd av u learnt how to? Ur parents jst want ur safety

Driving is a huge responsibility. U must prove u are responsible in other aspects of life before u are allowed to drive.

RubyTheBlogger: lwkm.. Wait wah kinda car do u wana drive? Nd av u learnt how to? Ur parents jst want ur safety

I was actually learning but i had to stop. Infact i was abt getting a learner's permit. Its an automatic car.

Babamide: Driving is a huge responsibility. U must prove u are responsible in other aspects of life before u are allowed to drive.

Am vry responsible according to dem. Its vry annoying

Get ur own car first

All u need to do is to b confident.... And on weekends mostly sundays when d roads are free u steal d car keys and go do sum training... Dat how i become with d help of ma mama driver

You want to drive because your friends are driving? If i were to be your parent, that is the more reason why i will not allow you to drive. You should do things because of necessity and not because others are doing it.

idnoble135: You want to drive because your friends are driving? If i were to be your parent, that is the more reason why i will not allow you to drive. You should do things because of necessity and not because others are doing it.

thats a good point..

I ve been there before. Forget them. Aim and try to get yours!

ireneidiva: I ve been there before. Forget them. Aim and try to get yours!

as if its easy.. Dnt u knw shes 19?? Smh sha

Try to go out with your parents and persuade them to let your drive some of the way.if you can do that a couple of times and you show them how much u've learn't and your driving is good enough,I'm sure they will let u drive often.
You need to always do your driving with them in the meanwhile.

RubyTheBlogger: as if its easy.. Dnt u knw shes 19?? Smh sha

davido is 20!

chaircover: Where do you live?

driving is a lot of responsibility and for some bizarre reason young people tend to think that they are cats with 9 lives and do silly things and take big risks whilst driving and thinking that they can never die.

Show your parents that you are responsible and can be trusted to stay alive lol and I am sure that within time, they will let you have lessons.

Am Ib based. Dey knw am responsible.

All dat u need is patience.i also wanted to drive wen i was 18...but my parents said i must get my first degree before i drive...but as a sharp guy a friend of mine taugth me...but honestly i never drove dia car till after my graduation...so bro...pls just excercise patience.

ireneidiva:
davido is 20!

so? Hasnt he got money to get his own ride? Is the OP working?

splaka: All dat u need is patience.i also wanted to drive wen i was 18...but my parents said i must get my first degree before i drive...but as a sharp guy a friend of mine taugth me...but honestly i never drove dia car till after my graduation...so bro...pls just excercise patience.

I wish it was dis easy. All i need is their YES. If dey find out i learn outside. Am in soup.

RubyTheBlogger: so? Hasnt he got money to get his own ride? Is the OP working?

my point exactly. Op should chill till he gets his as his parents won't let him touch theirs.

chidigood: Pls, i need tips on how i must convince my parents to let me drive. Am 19 already n its like dere is no way. Their answer is NO. I get sad wen i see my friends driving. Front page pls incase dere r pple in my shoes.

just because you deserve a privilege does not mean it would be given to you on a platter of gold. nigerian parents are notoriously known to treat full-grown adults as infants.

if i were you, i would defy them & take the car out. what can they possibly do? beat you? arrest or kill you? sometimes, what parents want to see is your confidence & conviction. grab their car-keys & take the car out.

coogar:

just because you deserve a privilege does not mean it would be given to you on a platter of gold. nigerian parents are notoriously known to treat full-grown adults as infants.

if i were you, i would defy them & take the car out. what can they possibly do? beat you? arrest or kill you? sometimes, what parents want to see is your confidence & conviction. grab their car-keys & take the car out.

na u dey give OP liver abi? No worry lah.. Until wen dey flog her finger red til she cnt cum 2 nairaland 2 type her woe ordeal :|

ireneidiva:
my point exactly. Op should chill till HE gets HIS as HIS parents won't let HIM touch theirs.

OP na girl lol

If your parents have more than one car, start with the one they don't really love, like an old one, that way, they won't ban you at once from driving, I started with a 1998 version Toyota that was like abandoned, when i was caught, the shouting was little, they started sending me on errands with it, etc, till they trusted my driving, then it's been smooth driving

RubyTheBlogger: na u dey give OP liver abi? No worry lah.. Until wen dey flog her finger red til she cnt cum 2 nairaland 2 type her woe ordeal :|

i started moving my parents' car at 14 within the compound. a year later, i got bored of moving it forward & reversing. i took the car out to the streets, from one end to another for about 6 times.....and the rest is history!!!

after that, they started sending me on errands with the car - and i willingly obliged. parents are mostly all barks & no action.