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Originally Posted by NikFu S.
Get him a 400cc cruiser bike instead of a car. My first bike topped out at 80 and taught me what it was to potentially become road sludge after falling a couple times. I was 16, too.
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I wish it was mandatory for every 16 year old to learn to ride for say 4 years before being able to get a auto license. Roads would be so much safer but in reality I wouldn't even think of putting a 16 year old on a bike on the lightly congested roads around here.
I like the school idea but honestly not knowing your kid, it might just make him a better driver with a 16 year old though process. Just enough to be dangerous.
I'm assuming that he's already paying for his insurance and gas as that should be a no brainer unless he's unable to work (or do enough around the house to equal work). I also assume he's paying to clean or better yet cleaning the car inside and out.
Then I'd simply explain to him that for every indiscresion that you find out about it'll cost him a month of driving because there are at least 3 others you didn't hear about.
Aside from that, you gotta let him live his life and make his own choices otherwise he'll be a 28 year old kid who finally gets kicked out on the street because the folks are sick of him. Of course he'll screw up but baby steps towards some independence is the way to do it. 1 step forward 3 back sometimes.
Other option, find yourself an XT6 with the speed alarm on it. Its wired through the speaker system and once you go over 55mph it doesn't shut off until you're back under. Its the most annoying thing I've heard in a car! You turn it on with the master key and the sub-masters can't turn it off.
Problem is I would've been the one who tried to maintain the 55mph around turns at his age just to see if I could keep the thing on for an entire trip.