Comments on: Waterloo teen cited after three hit-and-run crashes in 30 minutes

By: snapin2slimjim

snapin2slimjim — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:02:12 +0000

School me, grandpa.

By: snapin2slimjim

snapin2slimjim — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:41:37 +0000

Stupidity breeds irresponsibility, and there's not much a parent can do about stupidity.

By: CRConcerned

CRConcerned — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:55:16 +0000

Not if the stupidity is on the part of the parents. Why didn't they take away the car keys when her license was first suspended? I hope they learn their lesson as they are paying for all of the damage.

By: Dostoevsky

Dostoevsky — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:42:18 +0000

So sad…. you'll always be a…..well…you know.

By: snapin2slimjim

snapin2slimjim — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:14:43 +0000

It's probably worth noting here that knowing where this girl was, what she was doing, and asking her questions are unlikely to have prevented the accidents in question. If she passed driver's ed, then there's not a whole lot you can do to keep her from driving unless she kills someone. I think we've all seen the stories about drunk drivers who kill after having been cited for OWI over and over and over in the past. Those people were driving drunk, which is illegal; this girl was just driving stupid, for which there is no remedy.

By: GrandpaR

GrandpaR — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:10:03 +0000

Oh yes there is.

By: GrandpaR

GrandpaR — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:07:18 +0000

By not being a responsble parent. Not knowing where they are, what they are doing and not asking questions.

By: GrandpaR

GrandpaR — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:02:08 +0000

Make that a double cheese burger n fries. Love ya man !

By: OwenHarper

OwenHarper — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:55:11 +0000

I'll take a Big Mac, an order of fries and a Coke please.

By: Tyree_C

Tyree_C — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:51:59 +0000

Execute her now, and save someone you love in the future.

By: rhondaks

rhondaks — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:51:56 +0000

My insurance agent told me several years ago the whole "boys are higher risk" thank girls is really fading away. It was put in place many decades ago when it was traditionally teen boys who had cars. Girls didn't have them, but as the number of girls evens out with boys who own cars this statistic is going away. With that being said, I have daughters, so I do not know if that actually is paying off for boys or not.

By: Ann_Onamouse

Ann_Onamouse — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:38:45 +0000

What I wanna know- How do you raise up a child THAT irresponsible???

By: snapin2slimjim

snapin2slimjim — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:19:14 +0000

I'm always astounded when I see the insurance stats claiming that teenage boys are the highest-risk drivers. Those insurance adjusters never took a ride in a car piloted by a 16-year-old girl, methinks.

By: Dostoevsky

Dostoevsky — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:49:16 +0000

These people grow up to be even worse drivers as adults complete with no-insurance, no valid registration, and multiple moving violations.
You can spot them a mile away: They always drive their piece of crap 1990s Buicks with one "doughnut" spare tire on and a dragging muffler for posterity.