She's gonna drive me crazy!!

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She's gonna drive me crazy!!
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Sat, 04-28-2007 - 1:14pm

Okay, last week my mom called to tell me that my 16 year old sister had gotten pulled over.

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Sat, 04-28-2007 - 1:34pm

Good for your mom for doing all of that research. You know, I never thought of it before but some mouthwash, like Listerine, has a ton of alcohol in it. That's why the darn stuff burns so badly when I use it. It would make sense that it would register on a BA test.

Your poor sister, I agree she should not have had it in the car and she definitely should not be drinkling and driving but there are some shady officers out there who will do anything to meet their quota. I know speeding isn't the same as drinking and driving, but you can always bet that when the quotas are due, there will be officers with radar guns placed all over the highways and byways. Of course, "they" deny that there is such a thing as a quota but . . .

Good luck w/ your sis and her charges.

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Sat, 04-28-2007 - 1:44pm

Thanks.

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Sat, 04-28-2007 - 2:20pm
I went through a light once that was still yellow and got pulled over (because I realized too late that there was a cop in the next lane when I went through it). But still, it was yellow - not red. He wrote me a ticket. I checked off the request a hearing option and went to court. The cop said I "booked it through a red light." He said it had already turned red. I was FURIOUS. I KNOW it was still yellow. The judge sided with him. I was so mad. Some cops really are just out to get people. Not all of them (my uncle's a cop and he's not like that), but some.
















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Sat, 04-28-2007 - 3:39pm

The same thing happened to me a few years ago.

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Sun, 04-29-2007 - 12:01am

I'm sorry I may have the minority opinion here but really - what DID the cop do wrong here ??

I'm not sure what the young drivers rules are where you live - but where I live the rules are pretty specific. A Young driver MUST at ALL TIMES have a ZERO blood alcholol reading. It's quite simple. Even just the three sips of cherry flavored sprite with alcohol would be enough to break the rules in my province.

She admitted to that.

When they do road blocks where I live - they don't need "cause" to allow them to pull a driver oiver and ask questions. If I saw a road block in the distance and pulled into a drive way to turn around - I would expect to be pulled over based on that alone. Was the cop driving toward her when she pulled into the driveway ? Or was it a road block ?

Why does your mom need to hire a lawyer and all that ?? Just let a public defender do the work. I mean really - if your area has zero tolerance as mine does - then your sister did wrong and deserves the consequences.

When my sister was 15 she and her friend got caught shoplifting. My parents stepped back and let my sister suffer the consequences (going before a judge, family counselling, again before the judge with an essay - and the incident on record). The friends mom spent thousands of dollars on lawyer who spun the truth and got her off on a technicality.

Guess who continued to be a shoplifter all through highschool?
Guess who is now the more responsible adult of the two ??

Sorry - I'm not trying to be argumentative but have you stepped back and considered how this would sound to you if it were anybody but your sister ??

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Sun, 04-29-2007 - 12:02am
whoops sorry - I just noticed your message heading "she's gonna drive me crazy" . . . lol maybe you do feel your sister is a bit out of line ? But reading the message itself it sounded as though your frustration was with the cop alone . . .
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Sun, 04-29-2007 - 11:27am

It wasn't a roadblock, he was following her.