Annie's Mailbox®, March 1
by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar
Dear Annie: Ten years ago, when my oldest grandson turned 16 and started driving, I cut out a column about a 17-year-old boy telling of his death in a car accident. I gave that column to our grandson, who taped it to the door of his closet where he read it every day to remind him he wasn't indestructible. Our grandson has since married, has a little boy of his own and is studying to be a policeman.
We live in West Michigan, and there have been several teenage deaths where speed was the culpr ...
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Posted by: karen
Comment: #1
Sat Mar 1, 2008 11:54 AM
THANKS, JUST IN TIME, MY 19 YR OLD JUST PURCHASED A CAR AND WILL BE DRIVING IN TWO WEEKS.
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Posted by: Carla
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Sat Mar 1, 2008 5:57 AM
I love this story; I have since high school when my physics teacher read it out to us and made us think about it... and I agree, at least in my case, that it makes me think every time I get behind the wheel... and I'm in my thirties now! But I am tired of hearing about how teenagers seem to be the only ones that die in car accidents... what about the old people who should be out shopping for a coffin instead of driving? My 19 year old co-worker was murdered in a motor vehicle accident caused by a 76 year old man who was looking for his glasses (which he required for driving) when he crossed the center line and struck my co-worker head on at over 80 KPH. She was dead by the time paramedics got to her. One comment made in our local newspaper was, "why do we keep letting our babies get drivers licences?". The real question in this case is, why do we keep letting the so called rights of others come before the safety of the majority? Maybe someone could alter this story to have it make the elderly think about their driving habits; just because you're experienced, doesn't make you invincible either...
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