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<p>I agree. Also, I have noticed in the last year that many police officers hide their police car, stand on foot and clock people in a 25 mile an hour side street. They then pull them to ticket. I doubt that on foot they are catching those that are really driving erratically, or going 35mph+ in a 25mph zone. I don’t see a back up police car hidden for those failing to pull over in that 25 mph zone. Also, in my area there is a road block every fall when it gets cold. Cars are pulled over for not having enough air in their tires. I think it is fine to remind those to check tire pressure as the temperature changes, but ticketing is a bit much. I cannot say that they do ticket, but for the amount of time and energy they put into this, I would think that tickets are being issured. In fact, I have noticed that a fair number of cars are not allowed to drive off. They are towed away. My guess is that their auto registration has elapsed, but I am not sure.</p>
<p>This makes me feel a little better. WildChild just got a reckless driving citation in Virginia- the worst possible state. Even with counsel, he will almost definitely do a day or weekend in jail (a good thing, in my opinion). He is just now begining to “get it”. While there were no cars around him on the interstate (3am) and he refuses to believe his driving was “reckless”, it is RECKLESS to break the speed limit in Virginia (which he knew) and subject himself and OUR insurance to the expense and consequences. Again, none of my male co-workers or friends see much of a problem with this type of driving (95 in a 65). Must be a guy thing.</p>
<p>“She was going more than 20 mph over the speed limit, but she said she felt she had to to get out of the way of some large semis that were also travelling on the road (it was a back country 2 lane).”</p>
<p>SpringfieldMom (LOL, can’t figure out your state since there’s a Springfield in almost every one of them!) –</p>
<p>I read this entire thread. Have a “dog in this fight” because a hit-and-run speeder going wide in his lane around a bend caused me to experience a two-car accident in the opposite lane 30 years ago across the other lane (we both got off the road to avoid him, and the two cars crashed into each other; I was the backseat passenger, not the driver.) This directly resulted in 2 open-back surgeries fusing 5 vertebrae, endless pain, limited range-of-motion…and no cushy insurance settlement for me, either. So there ARE consequences. He’ll never know.</p>
<p>BUT I want to tell you something about those semis and girls on back roads, that I also experienced when I was younger and prettier. On a long-distance Interstate highway drive, the kind where you get to recognize other cars that seem to be heading to the same place, I was driving solo. I got purposely trapped by 4 semis. They arranged themselves, two in front and two behind my little sedan, and then kept passing each other repeatedly so I couldn’t get out. It must have been funny to them. Once I realized what was going on, I took the next exit off to the right. Since I was in my late, not early, 20’s it was more angrifying than terrifying, but do you think those trucks possibly were trapping your D purposefully for their own amusement? They talk to each other by radio, so it’s possible.</p>
<p>P3T it’s possible the trucks were stalking her, although unlikely (she did have a boy as a passenger at the time). One of my nieces just recently had another driver stalk her on the way back to college; she contacted her parents, who contacted the State Police, who had her pull off the highway and intercepted the guy. He wasn’t charged with any crimes, but I hope they put the fear of God into him. What some of these guys do to girls should be criminal.</p>
<p>So sorry to hear of your accident and medical problems. While I never experienced anything like your pain (just a minor fender bender resulting in a rotator cuff tear) I did lose my childhood best friend in an accident involving a drunk driver. </p>
<p>After encountering some of these kids last night (and unfortunately, MOWC, they were almost all boys) I wish these kids didn’t have these narcissitic attitudes. I was really tired of the whole thing afterwards and I only wanted to go home and go to sleep.</p>
<p>Now that she’s done her court-date and has to pay fines and such, and isn’t going to have her license suspended, are you going to let her start driving again? I’d give her a chance to prove that she can handle it before she goes back to school.</p>
<p>my mom was stalked by a driver, she drove to a police station</p>
<p>so if you are stalked, pull into a gas station or something and lay on the horn</p>
<p>As of right now she’s still restricted! It doesn’t seem to bother her. She says her friends from h.s. were getting on her nerves anyway. She’s been spending a lot of time with me, i.e. the taxi driver, which I don’t mind in the least. I don’t plan on changing anything before she goes to school.</p>
<p>BTW I made her pay for my gas and bridge toll for taking her last night!</p>
<p>“BTW I made her pay for my gas and bridge toll for taking her last night!”</p>
<p>Good move, IMHO. A logical consequence without being too dreadful.</p>
<p>My H would probably start calculating out loud how much the kid would owe him according to the going taxicab fares…wait until all color drained from the face before rescuing them with, “Just kidding.”</p>
<p>We live in NJ. A few months ago my D was ticketed for not wearing the seat belt properly, then a speeding ticket for going 15 mph over, which meant 4 pts. She was driving a little mini on 287 with many trucks. She was keeping up with the traffic in the middle lane. She was pulled over, not the trucks. I was quite furious with her for speeding and insurance cost increase. I told her that we would have to take her off our insurance, which would mean no more driving for her. In less than 1 hour after our conversation, she’s got herself a lawyer and a court date. She explained to me that she could plead it down to 2 points, which would mean no insurance increase and it would be gone after 6 months, she could also get it down to 0 point but with much greater fine (she called up our insurance to get all that information). I asked her how she is going to pay for the lawyer. She said, “not to worry, he is my friend’s dad, he does it for free for all her friends.”</p>
<p>I went with her to court 2 days ago. She was quite impressed with cast of characters at the court. I met the lawyer. He said he did it for his older son, and thought it was only fair to do it for his daughter’s friends too. He said luckily this is his last child and she is leaving for school in a few weeks. My D was fined for $150, $30 court fee and 2 points. She could take a safe driving class to wipe out the 2 pts, or be extra careful for 6 months. Of course, I ended up sending something nice to the lawyer to thank him (I paid for that).</p>
<p>I think my D learned her lesson. Before those tickets, I thought she was driving a bit too fast. Now, she always keep to the speed limit. </p>
<p>A side note, because we were there with a lawyer, it only took us 1 hour to get it all taken care of. Other people were there for over 3 hours.</p>
<p>I was stalked by a couple very sketchy guys years ago on the Baltimore-Washington Parkway. When they stalked me off an exit, I got back on and then got off at NSA (National Security Agency) and drove up to the security gate. Needless to say the didn’t follow me.</p>
<p>OldFort – Gosh, let us know when your daughter passes the Bar! She’s got the makings of a great lawyer.</p>
<p>Springfield Mom, I think you did the right thing by clipping her wings. Yes, it’s just one accident and one speeding ticket. But by taking her priveleges away now she will hopefully be more careful in the future. You may have saved her life, which in the long run is a LOT more important than points and insurance fees.</p>
<p>She had one accident and one speeding ticket in just over a year – if she keeps up that pace she’ll have 10 accidents and 10 tickets in the next 10 years. The time to straighten it out is NOW.</p>
<p>My son violated the “no-driving-friends-in-the-first-6-months-of-your-lisence” law in our state. How did I find out? The seatbelt was hanging out of the passenger-side door of his car one morning. We took his keys for 2 weeks and drove him everywhere. I thought it was worse for us than him (saved him gas money!) but a year later he tells me that having mom & dad drive him after having his freedom was the worst punishment possible.</p>
<p>Sounds like both you and your daughter are handling it well.</p>
<p>Lafalum said “She had one accident and one speeding ticket in just over a year – if she keeps up that pace she’ll have 10 accidents and 10 tickets in the next 10 years. The time to straighten it out is NOW.”</p>
<p>According to this reasoning, I should have had 25 car accidents and tickets by now. I had an accident the first year I drove – my grandparents had given me this huge QEII of a car and the parking at my job was extremely tight. No damage to anything except my own car. In the 25 years since then, since then I have had 2 traffic tickets and one other accident when an old lady gunned it out of a parking space – she thought she had it in drive not park. Just a dented rear for her and a crumpled rear panel for me. (Note to self – stay out of parking lots!) </p>
<p>The OP’s daughter made a mistake…or maybe she did the best she could in a tight place. She was honest with her parents about it. She went to court and has paid her fines. If it were my child, who isn’t that far off driving herself, I’d let it go now.</p>
<p>Yeah, well I did give her a reprieve last night to attend our local version of American Idol since one of her best friends was up for the title. He won! She and I are both happy for him! (And she did come straight home afterwards).</p>
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