DD#1 wasn't at home, so her other parent got his mom to pay for her license and training. And the car. Then a new car at graduation. So he could the
parent.
DD#2, we paid for her permit and classes. She, however, was in no way focused enough to really drive (for example, she almost flipped the minivan around a curve, because she refused to slow down because "I got this" when told she needed to slow down because of the bad curve ahead. NVM that it was a 25 mph curve, on a 40mph road, and really, that 25 was the limit on that curve. We made her pull over and didn't let her drive again for 6 months. Six months later, she was still not paying attention, more interested in playing with the radio, telling people in the car to "shut up because I'm the driver and in charge", etc. She got her license at 18 1/2, when she moved out. It took 3 accidents* for her to learn that she needed to pay attention to the road and not her cell phone, radio, friends, etc. All on her dime.)
*1. she rear-ended a guy who was stopping because the guy in front of her was stopping to make a right turn into a shopping center. She claims she "didn't see him stopping". No damage to the guy's truck but bent the frame on the old minivan she was driving (her boss's). The car was worth about maybe $250 (which is why she let her drive it), so no foul on that one.
2. She backed into another car in a parking lot, because she "didn't see it". SoIL said she was busy messing with the radio and he told her to stop and pay attention. No damage to either car.
3. She sideswiped a parked car, on a side street. She "felt like she was blacking out" until the officer said that would take her license, then she said that "oh, a squirrel ran out in front" and she "swerved to avoid it". That one cost her $1000 and points on her license. She settled down after that one, partially because SoIL told her another accident and she would lose the car keys permanently.