One Month and Change

That is how long it took someone’s daughter to get her first speeding ticket. I think it may be a record.

Someone’s daughter tried to blame her sister.

She was driving children around for her parents. She had to take one sister to softball practice. After that, she had to take the other sister to a city a half hour away because that lucky sister is spending a week in Indiana getting to know cousins.

The new driver apparently spent more time in the city than planned, and she was running late. She was also talking on the cell phone when driving although she has been warned not to do it. She was talking to her sister who was telling her to hurry because that sister hates waiting for rides.

So the driver says she sped up, which is what brought her to the attention of Mr. State Police Trooper. Hello Ticket.

The new driver found that getting pulled over by pistol-wearing cops is quite nerve-wracking. She had to wait a bit to quit shaking after receiving the ticket. She told her parents quite quickly. She plans to pay for it out of her paycheck. It is a $100 lesson. So far.

I’m trying to remember my first speeding ticket. I know I wasn’t 16. I was pulled over when I was 16 but that was because my car had a headlight out, and my parents knew immediately because they had the police scanner on at home. I didn’t get a ticket.

My mom just got her first speeding ticket lately. She is 72. It cost her $105.

I am paying a lot of attention to these driving stories (horror stories) since my oldest got her license. This one had a much better outcome than most of the stories I hear — those are mostly on the news and have resulted in injuries and/or death. Of course, those stories usually result from speeding….