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OMG, g/f text gets teen driver ticket (Mi.)
WOOD TV Grand Rapids, Michigan ^ | Friday, 09 Jul 2010, 2:44 PM EDT | Ken Kolker

Posted on 07/09/2010 5:34:16 PM PDT by MaryFromMichigan

He's 16 and likes to text his g/f (girlfriend), even when he drives his mom's car.

But, OMG (oh my gosh) -- this time it's going to cost him -- or, more likely, his mom.

Jason Cordell, of Wyoming, is among the first -- if not the first -- ticketed for driving while texting in West Michigan. Fines and costs total $150 for the offense.

She hopes her son learned his lesson.

"Except, he don't have a job, so mom's gotta pay the ticket," she said. "So, it's kind of a lesson to me."

(Excerpt) Read more at woodtv.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: michigan; texting
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To: grellis

Michigan ping.
Video at link.


2 posted on 07/09/2010 5:35:54 PM PDT by MaryFromMichigan
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like bump to the like top


3 posted on 07/09/2010 5:38:00 PM PDT by Principled (Get the capital back! NRST!)
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To: MaryFromMichigan
He needs to watch this video. It's graphic.

UK police hope gruesome video depicting car accident will change minds about texting and driving

4 posted on 07/09/2010 5:38:38 PM PDT by DJ MacWoW (If Bam is the answer, the question was stupid.)
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To: MaryFromMichigan

Kid got no job,
Momma should say No car.

Get job, buy your own car.


5 posted on 07/09/2010 5:40:11 PM PDT by GeronL (http://libertyfic.proboards.com <--- My Fiction/ Science Fiction Board)
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To: GeronL

Didn’t have to have a job to get my own car (family had plenty of them), but I did have to have a job to pay for the insurance and gasoline.


6 posted on 07/09/2010 5:41:35 PM PDT by Domandred (Fdisk, format, and reinstall the entire .gov system.)
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To: Domandred

Did any of those cars lack wheels and sit on blocks? In the front yard?


7 posted on 07/09/2010 5:42:52 PM PDT by GeronL (http://libertyfic.proboards.com <--- My Fiction/ Science Fiction Board)
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To: DJ MacWoW
> He needs to watch this video. It's graphic.

Wow, you weren't kidding.

Excellent video.

8 posted on 07/09/2010 5:47:16 PM PDT by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
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To: GeronL

I bought my first car. It was a 73 Mercury Montego and I paid $350.


9 posted on 07/09/2010 5:51:59 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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To: dayglored

I think teens need to see it. They think they are bulletproof. Or smarter than everyone else. As in “That will never happen to me”. Yes it can.


10 posted on 07/09/2010 5:52:51 PM PDT by DJ MacWoW (If Bam is the answer, the question was stupid.)
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To: DJ MacWoW
I hope the amber lamps isn't taking the driver to the hospital but rather to the place where bad people get punched in the face many times.

11 posted on 07/09/2010 5:54:27 PM PDT by I see my hands (_8(|)
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To: DJ MacWoW
Wow.
Stunning video.

Thanks for sharing that link.

Definitely a must see for the “I can drive and text” crowd.

12 posted on 07/09/2010 5:57:07 PM PDT by MaryFromMichigan
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To: I see my hands

I think killing 2 friends is a lifetime sentence. No further punishment needed.


13 posted on 07/09/2010 5:58:36 PM PDT by DJ MacWoW (If Bam is the answer, the question was stupid.)
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To: cripplecreek

Mine, Army green 69 Dodge Dart....$55(actually $50....found $5 under the seat)....easily the best car I ever owned.


14 posted on 07/09/2010 5:58:39 PM PDT by RckyRaCoCo
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To: MaryFromMichigan

Those local high school girls did a good job on the acting. They were very believable. Gotta wonder if it changed their habits.


15 posted on 07/09/2010 6:00:04 PM PDT by DJ MacWoW (If Bam is the answer, the question was stupid.)
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To: RckyRaCoCo

Yeah Darts and Dusters were some decent cars. Slant 6?


16 posted on 07/09/2010 6:01:42 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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To: cripplecreek

Yes sir....great motor. Low maintenance....good power.


17 posted on 07/09/2010 6:04:32 PM PDT by RckyRaCoCo
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To: cripplecreek

Oh! Don’t remind me. Sold my daddy’s slant six in ‘95. Didn’t know what a treasure it was. Just that it was a pain to fix.


18 posted on 07/09/2010 6:04:40 PM PDT by HungarianGypsy
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To: cripplecreek

I mean slant 6 Duster.


19 posted on 07/09/2010 6:05:10 PM PDT by HungarianGypsy
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To: GeronL

Heh no they were all perfectly running, but all 10 to 20 years old. 5 cars. Two daily drivers, one van, one truck, and one extra that got handed town to me when my mom bought a new (to her) daily driver.

By the time I was 18 I owned two cars free and clear, not counting the one handed down to me.


20 posted on 07/09/2010 6:06:55 PM PDT by Domandred (Fdisk, format, and reinstall the entire .gov system.)
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