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I would be a very proud father if I had a son like that. Not sure if he was on private property or not but other traffic wasn't a problem so safety should not have been an issue.
I learnt to drive at the same age driving a 1956 F100 truck. My father had a milk delivery business and we would be out helping with deliveries at 3 o'clock in the morning and would drive on a regular basis with a full load of milk on the truck. No other traffic to worry about in a small country town.
Police on patrol would often pull up to have a chat and turn a blind eye to our underage driving and give us a pat on the back and tell us what a great job we are doing. That was in the good old days. Times have certainly changed.