Topic : 12/03 Shocking Teen Trends

I haven't read all the posts and I did miss part of the show, so maybe this has already been brought up but just in case in hasn't here goes.

Who is insuring this wonderful young man?  And who is paying for it? I venture to guess his mother, since he doesn't appear to be able to earn the money for his car much less the insurance.  I can't even imagine what the rates would be for an 18 year old with a sports car and 2 tickets.  Perhaps after this show airs his insurance company will do the right thing and drop him like a hot potato.

If we are going to hold teens responsible for their driving choices, lets spread it around.  How about the elderly who continue to drive even with failing eyesight, hearing and loss of mobility.  What about the soccer moms and the business men that are multi-tasking while they drive?  What about eating while we drive?  We all take driving for granted and we can't expect our children to take driving seriously when we don't. 

You have to ALSO remember some things just happen for the sake of happening. No matter IF this particular family 'just happen to extend' their sons curfrew an extra 2 hours or not. When its our time to go, its our time to go. Unfortunately its the simply, yet harsh fact and reality of the situation...

I can remember, even today like it was yesterday, it was now 8 yrs ago when our hockey team was ready to take to the ice when one our our team members was running late for the game. He was a nice, quiet person and an excellent team/hockey player, a popular kid in high school as well. It just happen that, THAT SPECIFIC night he was out driving with a girl (who was also a good friend of mine, a popular and attractive girl in school) when they were coming into town, she was driving at the time, it was a regular 1/2 ton drunk and they were on a gravel road and connects to a normal asphalt road when she hit some 'pot holes' I guess you could call them, it was a good stretch of these pot holes in the road that IF you hit them you could lose control of the vehicle that you were driving. The poor guy who's real name was Trevor just recovered from a BAD broken leg injury and was so excited to come back to play hockey with all his buds, when my other friend who was a female and her real name is Jennifer lost control of the truck on the gravel road when she came across these pot holes in the road. As a result she lost control, the truck left the road and Trevor was thown from the truck, as it happened by amazing luck the truck happened to roll on 'him' after he was thrown from the vehicle and he was pronounced dead at the scene. Jennifer did survive the accident and to this day she is a great individual who is married and Im sure still thinks of that night.

We were all just about ready to take to the ice when the news came to use that our good friend and teammate was killed in a truck accident. I instantly remember just standing up at the time and feeling my grip on my stick when I heard what happened. All I could do was look down at the ground, staring at nothing and just being empty inside, I guess I didnt know what or how to feel as it was the first friend I ever lost and to hear it that way before going out on the ice infront of alot of people.....

I guess the point of the story is that you never know when or how it can happen. Vehicles are and can be a deadly weapon, even if the intentions are purely innocent. It was just a bad situation and a good friend who was at the wrong place at the wrong time. I know I'll never get the opportunity to celebrate another goal with him or another championship and that really sucks. Life is so precious and yet the human body so fragile.. I just with street racing punks would realize this.....

I have to date lost 4 GOOD FRIENDS due to accidents in cars/trucks and Im still only so young myself. Even for myself I had a close call when me, my brother, my mom, and my dad were actually driving back from the USA (Montana) Great Falls actually, to Calgary, Canada. We flew from there because the flights to Virgina were sooo much more affordable but because of the time of the flight we were all so tired, that all I remember was falling asleep in the back seat, and the a few 'brief' flashes or memories and then waking up hanging/suspended in my seatbelt. As it turned out we ALL fell asleep including my mother who was driving, to make a long story short, she happened to wake up just as the car was going into the ditch, swerved too hard, came back on the double lane, lost control went in the middle ditch of the 4 lane - seperated highway, the car started to roll repeartly and continued to roll and came to a stop ALL the way on the other 2 lanes of the highway that were going the other way. JUST by sheer luck no vehicles or semi tracker trailer trucks were coming at that time or we ALL would of been killed instantly. As it happen we all survived, even my mom who's neck was wedged between the steering wheel and the windshield... Thank-god cause it sooo simply could have all gone soooo bad for all of us...........

When its your time, its just your time. That's it, that's all. Nothing more I guess I can say.

You deffinately need your *** **** bad guy.

All you care about is who goes faster?

Think about us san diegans who have friends killed by the likes of you

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I am a Canadian, living in the Province of Ontario. After an escalating amount of death, injury , etc. our Provincial government took quick, decisive action. If common sense doesn't tell drivers that using a 3,000 lb potential weapon that kills is wrong, maybe stiffer legal penalties would.

The basics of our new law is this:

Anyone driving on any street, highway, road, anywhere in the province and going 50km per hour (approx. 23 mph) over the posted limit is considered to be a street racer.

Prior to conviction (ie. as soon as the person is ticketed), their vehicle is impounded for 7 days.

Their license is suspended for 90 days.

The minimum fine for first offense is $2,000.

That means that they must find their own way home from wherever they received the ticket. They must not only pay the minimum fine, but also the towing charges and impound fees. They must go to court and could face fines of up to $10,000 dollars.

Not to mention what their insurance rates are going to look like, and that's if anyone will insure them.

Maybe if the street racers were hit hard enough in the pocketbook they would either learn that this is not acceptable behaviour or be unable to afford to drive a car and the problem would be solved.

I am a retired Emergency Room nurse and have seen the results of high speed collisions on the human body. Perhaps the people who adhere to the" sport" of street racing should have to see these results in person. The nearest morgue would be a good place to start.