Yesterday was my oldest son’s first time behind the wheel. We hopped in the car and I drove to my carefully chosen first-time-driving training location… the Hooper cemetery. I pulled around to the far corner of the loop (the Hooper cemetery isn’t that big) and stopped.
“Do you know where we are?” I asked.
Looking out the window, he said “The cemetery?”
“Yes. You are about to get behind the wheel of a very large, very powerful piece of machinery. If you’re not very careful and responsible when using this machine, you’re going to end up here before me. Got it?”
He laughed with wide eyes and nodded, managing to work out a garbled “Yeah.” I could see it had the desired effect. 
Then the instruction began: getting situated with the seat, pedals and mirrors. We went over where everything is and what it does. Then we started making circuits around the cemetery. We talked about habit patterns and muscle memory. We practiced forward and reverse, parking, turning, and typical hazards. I demonstrated blind spots, and why you should never be in a hurry when backing up (think kids). A few of the nice things about learning to drive at a cemetery are that there isn’t a lot of traffic, the speed limit is low, and he can’t really hurt anyone there.
After three loops around the cemetery, I asked if he was ready for the open road. “I’d like to go around one more time,” he said. So, we did one more loop, then got ready to go out into the world. Before we did, though, I had one more key piece of instruction.
“There is one rule to always remember. This is Rule Number One when driving… Everyone else out there is trying to kill you. Now, they aren’t obvious about it. They’ll wait until you aren’t paying attention, then WHAM… they’ll come out of nowhere and get you.” That rule became our mantra the rest of the drive.
Overall, he did a great job for his first time out. He’s a fast learner. He pays attention. Best of all, during all of his driving around and back into the driveway of our home… we had fun.
I too was taught “Rule One.” To this day I still hush passengers with phrases like “Hold that thought while I avoid this person trying to kill us.”