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Student Driver Breaks Her Mother's Legs
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Student driver takes out her mother. Image: kristian stokholm/sxc.hu
But sometimes being in the car with an inexperienced teen driver is safer than being outside of the car. As in the case of a 17-year-old girl in Springfield, Massachusetts.
The teen was practicing her driving skills in a movie theater parking lot while her mom watched from the safety of a nearby fence. Or so she thought. When the girl attempted to park the car, she got confused about which pedal was the brake and which was the gas. She had a 50/50 chance of getting it right, but unfortunately she got it wrong and stomped on the gas and headed straight for mom.
Clearly mom had no time to react and ended up with two broken legs. Two broken legs is a pretty big deal but it could have been worse. But wait! It did get worse. The police decided to add some insult to the injuries and gave dad a ticket for allowing an unlicensed driver to operate his vehicle.
Isn't it pretty standard for parents to let their unlicensed teens practice driving in their cars? Okay, maybe it's not exactly legal, but don't you think two broken legs is punishment enough for this family?
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6-15-2009 @ 4:42PM
Heidi said...Maybe the Dad got the ticket because the law for driving with a learner's permit requires a licensed driver to be in the car with the learner? But then why not ticket Mom? Where was Dad? Did she even have a learner's permit?
But you are right - it certainly does add insult to injury. On the other hand, the State is always after more revenue. Why not ticket?
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6-15-2009 @ 8:43PM
Nicole said...Dad was in the car with his daughter. She did not have a permit. Mom got out of the car to get some air. Although the papers said that dad got cited for this he really only got a warning. This really is just a case of bad judgement. This family has been through so much in the past few months and this just adds the icing on the cake. Mom will have a very long recovery but is doing pretty well considering.
6-15-2009 @ 9:52PM
Heidi said...Thank you Nicole. I figured there was more to the story. Makes more sense now. My best wishes to the family - it's a heck of an ordeal.