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<blockquote data-quote="Star*" data-source="post: 519165" data-attributes="member: 4964"><p>lmf = </p><p></p><p>Dude was hit by a Cadillac, a City bus and finally a kid who actually TRIED to hit him - in less than a year. The bus driver RECOGNIZED him - and never stopped - his bike was a mangled mess. Dude never called the law he wasn't sure if it was his fault or not - he was riding in the street with traffic and thought he should be going against traffic. Typical difficult child finally doing the RIGHT thing and thought it was the wrong thing. The cadillac hit him at night and left him for dead on the side of the road. Dude was not wearing reflective clothing, or lights on his bike. A police report was made, but no car ever found. To mE? They have cameras at EVERY intersection in the world. HAD they wanted to ? They could have found this man - Because of my X being the man he is - they didn't care to help my son. I know that for fact. The last guy - Dude sued and won a very small amount. There was fighting and a time line got blured - but because Dude is a convicted felon (so they said) they let it go with a small settlement. He should be sitting on easy street - he still has trouble walking. </p><p></p><p>My thought here is IT's NOT a bad idea to let difficult child think that what he did ????? HAS someone angry with him and he may be in trouble over it. EVEN if only for a while. I would just say - You never know - you did break the law - and you'll have to wait and see. My thought because -----IF the man does sue him ? You've told him NAH NO - NO WAY - and then it happens - He's not going to trust you at all in important matters. EVER. I never thought turning Dude in for sitting on his bike at a street sign while two other idiots broke into a house at age 15 would result in 13 counts of conspiracy and 2 counts of burglary and have him looking at 30 years in prison either - at 15 years old - but it did - and we were TOTALLY honest with the police and they said we'd get help - THEY helped us alright - Helped us ruin our sons life - he dropped out of school, hit the kids, quit caring, stopped trying....it's been very rough to convince him to trust our judgement since. So just be careful what you say about what you don't know for sure. (even if you do know) Just saying. </p><p></p><p>Hugs & Love - and probably a boatload of unwanted advice</p><p>Star</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Star*, post: 519165, member: 4964"] lmf = Dude was hit by a Cadillac, a City bus and finally a kid who actually TRIED to hit him - in less than a year. The bus driver RECOGNIZED him - and never stopped - his bike was a mangled mess. Dude never called the law he wasn't sure if it was his fault or not - he was riding in the street with traffic and thought he should be going against traffic. Typical difficult child finally doing the RIGHT thing and thought it was the wrong thing. The cadillac hit him at night and left him for dead on the side of the road. Dude was not wearing reflective clothing, or lights on his bike. A police report was made, but no car ever found. To mE? They have cameras at EVERY intersection in the world. HAD they wanted to ? They could have found this man - Because of my X being the man he is - they didn't care to help my son. I know that for fact. The last guy - Dude sued and won a very small amount. There was fighting and a time line got blured - but because Dude is a convicted felon (so they said) they let it go with a small settlement. He should be sitting on easy street - he still has trouble walking. My thought here is IT's NOT a bad idea to let difficult child think that what he did ????? HAS someone angry with him and he may be in trouble over it. EVEN if only for a while. I would just say - You never know - you did break the law - and you'll have to wait and see. My thought because -----IF the man does sue him ? You've told him NAH NO - NO WAY - and then it happens - He's not going to trust you at all in important matters. EVER. I never thought turning Dude in for sitting on his bike at a street sign while two other idiots broke into a house at age 15 would result in 13 counts of conspiracy and 2 counts of burglary and have him looking at 30 years in prison either - at 15 years old - but it did - and we were TOTALLY honest with the police and they said we'd get help - THEY helped us alright - Helped us ruin our sons life - he dropped out of school, hit the kids, quit caring, stopped trying....it's been very rough to convince him to trust our judgement since. So just be careful what you say about what you don't know for sure. (even if you do know) Just saying. Hugs & Love - and probably a boatload of unwanted advice Star [/QUOTE]
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