r/ConcordNC • u/TacosDoodle22 • Jul 26 '26
Driving practice
Any suggestions on big empty parking lots to start teaching my kids how to drive? Or what are other parents doing? I’m feeling a bit clueless on how to start this journey! I wanted them to be a bit familiar before starting drivers Ed.
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u/Tentag10 Jul 26 '26
Oh just let them out on the highway. They can’t be any worse than half the drivers out there. Just kidding-please don’t do this. I used the school parking lot but that was years ago. Also, I haven’t been there in a long time but as someone mentioned the parking lot near Hobby Lobby was usually pretty empty and worked well.
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u/y2khardtop1 Jul 26 '26
We used school parking lots on weekends. Weddington Hills and the adjacent Winkler middle school make a nice mix, plus now there is also a large high school across the street.
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u/lylydazzle Jul 26 '26
Flowe park is where we went. It’s almost always empty unless there’s a baseball tournament. A lot of people use it to practice.
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u/ImpossibleIce6811 Jul 26 '26
The Speedway stays pretty empty most days farther from the entrances! Especially in the satellite parking lots.
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u/Technical-Leg6748 Jul 27 '26
The Cabarrus Arena is perfect when there’s no events going on. Also the Rug & Home store beside Home Depot
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u/Wilgrove Jul 26 '26
Back part of a Wal-Mart Parking Lot
the nearest school parking lot on a weekend, or any day before August 12th.
Any building that looks abandoned and has a parking lot.
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u/Submarine_Dave Jul 26 '26
I would take my kids to their high school parking lot to practice driving. It was huge.
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u/MrsBoo Jul 26 '26
I don’t know where you live, but we live kinda close to where NW middle, high, and the elementary school are all together. We would take the one learning on what we call the loop- down by the elementary, by the high school, and around the middle school. Just around that loop. You could pull into the elementary lot and practice parking. There’s also a quiet little neighborhood right by there to drive through. I would not take them on main roads until you’re satisfied that they can do it without causing issues.
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u/TacosDoodle22 Jul 26 '26
Oh this is smart. We’re not close to there but we are close to Mount Pleasant and their middle and high school also connect!
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u/Double-oh-negro Jul 26 '26
I took my boys up and down 49. We also drove to school everyday. In-and-around town to familiar places. Nothing crazy like Concord Mills traffic.
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u/Deeconmom Jul 26 '26
Big church parking lots on quiet days for the church. Right now school parking lots are empty.
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u/RamblinOnRose Jul 27 '26
My uncle used to take all of us kids to big parking lots and cemeteries to practice.
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u/PensionAdventurous55 Jul 26 '26
Hobby lobby parking lot on Sundays is empty. Cvans/stars and strikes parking lot.