“They had a brake on the passenger side, and anytime I did anything at all out of the ordinary, they would slam on the brakes. The first time they did it, I thought I was going to die.”

— Sarah Seaman, chemical dependency technician, Leawood

“I remember this guy in my class was driving down a country road, and a tractor pulling some kind of farm implement tore into the side of the car. It looked like it had been cut open with a can opener. It wasn't really his fault though.”

— Bob Alexander, maintenance specialist, Topeka

“I'd never driven before I took it. We went driving in downtown Wichita, and I ran two red lights and kept squealing the tires. It was really bad.”

— Diane Ho, nanny, Wichita

“I remember that it seemed pretty easy. I remember doing all the basic stuff. I think parallel parking was the hardest part, and driving on the highway for the first time was kind of scary.”

— Pat Sullivan, Kansas University senior, Kansas City, Kan.