The driving instructor didn’t detect any major issues. OK: The kid maybe drove a tiny bit fast. But he was steady, relaxed. The kid seemed to know exactly what he was doing.This was the springtime in Orange County, Calif., and Jaure Guerrero, an instructor at The Way Driving School, was taking a quiet 16-year-old out for one of three mandatory teaching sessions. Usual routine. Student at the wheel of a silver Toyota Corolla, and Guerrero in the passenger seat, with a backup brake and gas pedal at his feet. The plan called for a little bit of in-town driving, and, if the student looked comfortable, maybe a spin on the freeway.They made it to the freeway. Out there, the speed and surrounding cars can freak out an inexperienced driver. But this kid moved effortlessly amid the high-speed traffic.“He knew how to drive,” Guerrero recalled. “Very alert, assertive, mobile. He showed characteristics I usually don’t see in a driver beginning to drive.” more
