[Rick Lee]

I think my parents only let me get my license because I worked a lot during school vacations and they weren't always around to chauffeur me. They knew my having a car would mean I'd be sneaking around with my GF every chance I got. Though we were kind of on the outs by the time I got my license.

True story. Because of some arcane civil rights-era law on school busing, I got paid by the state something like $2 per passenger, per trip to drive myself and my sister and her best friend to school. We went to a private school about 20 miles from my house. So I was making around $12 a day doing this and we went on Saturdays too. I had a 1970 BMW 2002 that cost $800 and I more than covered my gas and maint. costs with those checks from the state every few mos. I'm sure I worried my folks to death. But there was nothing better than getting a license in high school.