How do you convince your parents to let you get a driving permit?

How to convince my parents to get my drivers license?

• Hello Yahoo I am 16 years old living in California. My permit is about to expire and I feel like all my drivers training has gone to waste. My parents will not let me have my license because "it costs too much for insurance" or "im going to drive my friends and do reckless stuff". All of this can be resolved but they dont understand. I am willing to get a job and pay for my own insurance and gas. My friends arent thugs, but they always think that because i have done stupid things YEARS ago. I can tell between right and wrong but they dont seem to understand that. All my friends are getting their licenses and some already have it. They even bought a car for me and i was excited because i thought i was getting my license. I feel like i have no freedom at all by being unable to go places just because i have no ride. My dad thinks i will crash JUST because when we drove together he would yell at me for the smallest things and i would end up doing something incorrect because he was STRESSING me. I KNOW i can drive perfectly because i did with my driving teacher. HOW can i convince my parents to get my license????? At this point i would kill to get my license. Please help me yahoo..

• Answer:

  My best advice to you is be direct and completely honest about the entire situation. Explain to them that even if they take the car keys and garage the car temporarely and then allow you to get your lisence so your drivers ed and time isnt wasted you will still be happier than just losing everything. With your GPA and depending on what type of car you have you should be able to get discounts on insurance so that shouldnt be a major issue. You might even be able to just be added as a driver to their insurance which would be cheaper then getting your own and then just pay them. Also doing this should allow you to get full coverage and then even if you do have an accident atleast its all covered and you dont foot the bill. When i was you age i had a v8 4x4 truck and was on my parents insurance with state farm with full coverage and glass for $120 a month.