The news every parent dreads...

[mustangguy289]

have you tried hitting him?

lmao

[A_A_G]

Second incident with your kid and driving his truck I believe? First one with giving a ride to someone when he was not allowed to?

Revoke his driving privileges for the rest of the school semester. He will not learn unless you give him a harsh punishment. He needs to understand that he was very LUCKY he didnt cause a serious accident by texting and driving.

Oh and dont blow up when you get your next insurance premium renewal.

[SS Junk]

Punishment will be substantial, including no driving privileges to non-essential destinations for several weeks.

No citation? Weak!

[bpawl]

thought this would be a "dad, she's pregnant" thread. This is bad, but in the grand scheme of things could have been alot worse.

[DFWtechie]

This may be a tad off subject but are you aware if you have ATT don't know which providor you have you can get Smart Limits on the line, it enables you to block texting or calls at certain times during the day. I have my daughter set up on this so she cant do shit on hers at certain times of the day and it came in very handy when she was in public school. It is 4.95 a month but it is well worth the cost.

[krazy kris]

Not guilty!

I knew you would say that, BOOM head shot

[idrivea4banger]

not guilty!

i am the law!!

[LS1Goat]

The news could have been a lot worse. I would imagine the most effective way to punish a teenager these days is to revoke their cell phone privileges. Or at least have texting removed from the plan. Good that is was a minor mishap. He could have hurt somebody or himself. Speaking from the position of someone who has nearly been tagged several times by a person texting. It's frustrating to see this on a daily basis from the general public.

[racrguy]

Judge dread? "You have been accused of texting while driving , how do you plea"

Not guilty!

[pr1042]

Didn't you threaten to sell the truck after he gave someone a ride on day 1 of license against the parental orders?

Off with his head!

[krazy kris]

Every parent with dreads, dreads to get dreadful dreaded news, that they will dread.





Dread

Judge dread? "You have been accused of texting while driving , how do you plea"

[Cobraman]

Definitely make him pay for it, and just cancel his texting.

[jefehbk]

Accidents happen, that is understandable. But since he was texting he deserves some good punishment. Loss of driving priveledges, his phone (which would drive anyone crazy going without a phone) and I'd also suggest having him work off whatever the estimate cost is to fix both cars. Hit him where it counts, his wallet and time with his friends. Having to pay the actual cost of the repairs would be something to sting enough to remember for awhile.

and make him stand on a busy intersection corner with an A frame sign saying..."I texted while driving" or something to that effect.

[Steve]

Accidents happen, that is understandable. But since he was texting he deserves some good punishment. Loss of driving priveledges, his phone (which would drive anyone crazy going without a phone) and I'd also suggest having him work off whatever the estimate cost is to fix both cars. Hit him where it counts, his wallet and time with his friends. Having to pay the actual cost of the repairs would be something to sting enough to remember for awhile.

[racrguy]

Whatever, Mr "I think I'm too smart for the rest of society".

Whatever, Mr "All laws are good and just, otherwise they wouldn't be laws."