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<blockquote data-quote="Sara PA" data-source="post: 171971" data-attributes="member: 1498"><p>You know, the cop did her no favor. She isn't going to experience the natural consequences of her actions. Instead, she got a pass. The natural consequences of her actions is that she could have injured/killed someone or she could have gotten an expensive ticket, an increase in insurance and a bunch of points if not lose her licence. </p><p></p><p>Instead she got artificial consequences -- punishment by her parents. Big deal. You can understand that her thinking is that the way she drives isn't so bad or the cop(s) wouldn't let her go. Frankly, I think that a cop who lets a kid get away with driving 30 mph over the speed limit -- when that is almost twice the speed limit -- is hardly protecting the public or doing the kid a favor. We have one community here in our county where the police let the kids go no matter what they do as long as they live in that community. It seems to be a characteristic of the most affluent areas. Keeps the kids from getting in legal trouble but only serves to reinforce their sense of entitlement. I hope that's not what's happening in your community. Sad how shocked those kids are when they do something wrong in another community where the police don't care who they are or where they live.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sara PA, post: 171971, member: 1498"] You know, the cop did her no favor. She isn't going to experience the natural consequences of her actions. Instead, she got a pass. The natural consequences of her actions is that she could have injured/killed someone or she could have gotten an expensive ticket, an increase in insurance and a bunch of points if not lose her licence. Instead she got artificial consequences -- punishment by her parents. Big deal. You can understand that her thinking is that the way she drives isn't so bad or the cop(s) wouldn't let her go. Frankly, I think that a cop who lets a kid get away with driving 30 mph over the speed limit -- when that is almost twice the speed limit -- is hardly protecting the public or doing the kid a favor. We have one community here in our county where the police let the kids go no matter what they do as long as they live in that community. It seems to be a characteristic of the most affluent areas. Keeps the kids from getting in legal trouble but only serves to reinforce their sense of entitlement. I hope that's not what's happening in your community. Sad how shocked those kids are when they do something wrong in another community where the police don't care who they are or where they live. [/QUOTE]
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