Who should pay for 17 year old's petrol?

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The 17 year old or parents? It's to get to college. It's costing £30 a week. The college is around 18 miles away, had no choice for the course.

Curious who should pay?

I paid for their bus pass into they passed their driving test. I then have them the money the bus pass would have cost me.
Both used it towards their insurance but it was up to them then to get themselves to college

Depends entirely on the family circumstances and finances. At 17 I paid all my own travel costs to and from uni and all other expenses such as textbooks via my 2 part time jobs. My parents could not afford to contribute to that. I lived at home so saved a fortune as I didn’t have to rent. It was pretty hard going at times working 2 jobs alongside full time study but many others were in the same situation as I was and we all just got on with it. The students who had parents pay for absolutely everything were the ones who would be out drinking in the student union every night and missing classes due to hangovers.

I think if you can afford to contribute then you should but if it’s too much then the 17 year old should be looking for a part time job. I hate threads like this when everyone jumps In saying parents should pay all education related expenses as for a lot of families it’s just not possible.

Dd doesn't drive yet, I pay for her train pass but everything else she pays for with EMA and her job.

I think paying the equivalent of the bus fare would be reasonable if there’s a viable bus.

What's wrong with the bus?

Don't know where you live bout 18 miles by bus each ay would be way more than £30 a week here.

My Ds was £9.10 a day to get to college.

I would pay if it was my child. Which side of the fence are you on, OP?

the parents - presumably they made the choice to live where it was a longer journey to college and the child just had to put up with it.

Obviously parents no question.

Parents. I did this for DS1 to get to 6th Form 12 miles away.

Bus was £545 a year.

What's wrong with the bus?

What's wrong with going in the car if you have one and live a long way from the college?

So many posters on here are obsessed with public transport, how many 17 year olds would choose an 18 mile each way bus ride over their own car, no actual one that I know.

What an odd OP. Does your 17 year old own the car or use yours? Is this 17 year old paying petrol money to someone?

When my children were 17 they all drove and had their own cars and we paid all the expenses of those cars until they graduated. It was our choice to live very rurally and not theirs so we saw no need for them to pay for their transport.

£6 a day for that distance is not too bad. I think the student could easily get a part time job and cover petrol costs, nice if parents could help with insurance though.

difficult one. if it is the only transport then the parents should pay but if a 17 year-old is driving to college just because they can then they should pay. they should get a part time job if they can't afford it same as other people that age

Parents. Does 17 year old pay for tax and insurance and mot?

at 16 i had a job and did college - ..... and paid for my own car, petrol and insurance.

thats my answer :)

entirely depends upon circumstances.
If you are low income there is probably a bursary fund she could apply for
sometimes car saves a terrible journey on public transport - for example my DD went to one college which was about 12 miles away, but it meant a 20 min walk each side of a train journey that had 2 changes. And no bus option. Took an hour and 3/4 by public transport, 25 mins by car

But, you still get child benefit for them if in full time education, so they are you responsibility, so really school transport Id say is down to the parent

Parents obviously.

Parents. Unless there's some cheaper/free alternative that the 17yo is choosing not to use. But I basically think it is parents' responsibility to get their child to school.

Parents obviously.

Parents. Perhaps a fuel allowance that covers college commute but extra is covered by them

as stated depends on parents financial situation - whatever way - I think its a good idea for dc to work under these circumstances - spoon feeding dc at this age isn't helping them.

Parents

The 17 year old.i had a part time job for 16 abd paid for all car related costs

@carly2803 thank goodness, i thought i was the only one 😂

Parents. They should pay petrol for their child to go to school unless it’s too expensive - in which case it would be unlikely they had agreed to the car purchase.