This is from another forum I frequent. Makes you think.
Was the Judge too weak, or did he hit the kid too hard? Following are the only facts the Judge had when the kid came in front of him.
I was in court the other night when an 18 year old male was given a ticket for a “speed contest” and another for something like “inappropriate speed” in his '02 Jag. I think either one of those tickets is a mandatory license suspension.
The Judge said the kid had a clean license; he let the kid take the plea to charges that don't have points on the license but made the fines the maximum allowed which came to about $600, and he made him take a defensive driving class.
The Judge said to the kid he didn’t want to see a wreath on the side of the road for this kid or because of this kid. He said he was allowing the plea so the kid didn’t get killed on insurance but didn’t want a Willie Horton haunting him.
There is a lot of talk here about speeding and street racing lately. Should the Judge have allowed the kid to take the plea with no points and a big $$ fine, or made the kid go to trial where his license would probably have been suspended or revoked, or should the Judge have made the fine include some points on his license.
If you were the Judge, and you had this kid’s future in your hands, what would you have done? What else should the Judge have done? If you want post your age (teens, early X, mid X late X).
Also, right before he accepted the kid's plea he told the kid the only reason he would consider the plea was because he did the same stupid things. He said he was 18 and when his dad called the cops to have him arrested when he saw him drag racing. And someone once cut him a break.
After court ended I was thinking maybe the Judge should have also made him attend a PCA autocross just so the kid could see how lousy a driver he really is.
Was the Judge too weak, or did he hit the kid too hard? Following are the only facts the Judge had when the kid came in front of him.
I was in court the other night when an 18 year old male was given a ticket for a “speed contest” and another for something like “inappropriate speed” in his '02 Jag. I think either one of those tickets is a mandatory license suspension.
The Judge said the kid had a clean license; he let the kid take the plea to charges that don't have points on the license but made the fines the maximum allowed which came to about $600, and he made him take a defensive driving class.
The Judge said to the kid he didn’t want to see a wreath on the side of the road for this kid or because of this kid. He said he was allowing the plea so the kid didn’t get killed on insurance but didn’t want a Willie Horton haunting him.
There is a lot of talk here about speeding and street racing lately. Should the Judge have allowed the kid to take the plea with no points and a big $$ fine, or made the kid go to trial where his license would probably have been suspended or revoked, or should the Judge have made the fine include some points on his license.
If you were the Judge, and you had this kid’s future in your hands, what would you have done? What else should the Judge have done? If you want post your age (teens, early X, mid X late X).
Also, right before he accepted the kid's plea he told the kid the only reason he would consider the plea was because he did the same stupid things. He said he was 18 and when his dad called the cops to have him arrested when he saw him drag racing. And someone once cut him a break.
After court ended I was thinking maybe the Judge should have also made him attend a PCA autocross just so the kid could see how lousy a driver he really is.