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cab67

(3,517 posts)
9. except for the fatalities, this could be my sister.
Mon Jun 20, 2022, 07:45 AM
Jun 2022

Since the mid-1990's, she's wrecked, on average, one car per year. According to her, it's never her fault. Court records say otherwise.

With one or two exceptions, she wasn't drunk or high. She's just a terrible, inattentive driver.

Mom enabled her. She put sister on her (and Dad's) insurance when sister couldn't get insurance she could afford. Dad hit the roof when he found out, which was after sister totalled her car.

It's always amazed me that she's kept her driver's license throughout.

And she used to drive for Lyft.

(I suspect she did this because she was otherwise all but uninsurable. And no, I never use Lyft. Uber, either. If they hired my sister, who else did they hire?)

Upshot - unless the wrecks involve substance abuse, it's bloody difficult to pull someone's license.

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She should never be allowed to drive again. BlueTsunami2018 Jun 2022 #1
+1 2naSalit Jun 2022 #2
The only way to stop people like her from driving again is to put them in a cell. NutmegYankee Jun 2022 #7
For sure. LisaL Jun 2022 #11
How was this menace still driving around? alphafemale Jun 2022 #3
Marion County is not very proactive with criminal charges. AngryOldDem Jun 2022 #18
Good grief, her vehicle isn't much different than an AR15. Frustratedlady Jun 2022 #4
Her license and her vehicle. SharonClark Jun 2022 #5
"Indicated" she understood her discharge instructions? DFW Jun 2022 #6
OMG. How could she live with herself, wnylib Jun 2022 #8
Simple malaise Jun 2022 #14
Teaching my boys how to drive. The Jungle 1 Jun 2022 #15
This kid was not chasing a ball. wnylib Jun 2022 #21
I had that happen to me when I was in high school with the driving instructor. Hassin Bin Sober Jun 2022 #29
I actually passed out once behind the wheel. AngryOldDem Jun 2022 #20
except for the fatalities, this could be my sister. cab67 Jun 2022 #9
This one supposedly has epilepsy. LisaL Jun 2022 #12
agreed cab67 Jun 2022 #16
Epilepsy didn't make her drive 50 mph.. viva la Jun 2022 #17
My point is, if she has epilepsy and LisaL Jun 2022 #19
4 other accidents-- her fault-- earlier viva la Jun 2022 #23
This. BlackSkimmer Jun 2022 #24
This message was self-deleted by its author cab67 Jun 2022 #10
Not knowing the particulars of this case thucythucy Jun 2022 #13
And NJCher Jun 2022 #25
Indianapolis bus system is the worst. MrsCoffee Jun 2022 #26
Buses run all over the city, actually. AngryOldDem Jun 2022 #27
Well, it's been ten years since I lived there. MrsCoffee Jun 2022 #28
You will get no argument from me. AngryOldDem Jun 2022 #30
I'm glad it's somewhat better. My son just decided to move back there. MrsCoffee Jun 2022 #31
This is why traffic laws are a waste of time gratuitous Jun 2022 #22
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