$250 fee for an infraction that someone else commits.
mookeywrench
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In a local affluent suburb, a law was just passed where if a parent goes out of town and their teenager throws a party (regardless of whether the parent knows or not) the parent risks getting a $250 infraction if the cops make a visit, and finds underage drinking.
Thoughts?
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/l ... ty10m.html
Thoughts?
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/l ... ty10m.html
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My thoughts - whether in or out of town, they're still the parents and as such, are - or should be - responsible for their children until their children are of age.
(I will admit, I have no idea what "of age" is anymore in these times)
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Aren't parents responsible for the acts of their minor children?
Chances are that if the cops come to bust a party in your house, a $250 fine is probably the least of your problems at that point.
As a teenager, I threw parties the couple times my parents went away. With two boys myself, when they get to that age, I am going to be too afraid to leave the house to them.
From the article:
Earlier this week, James told a TV reporter that despite his feelings about the law, he would go ahead and pay the fine.
But on Friday, James said he is reconsidering, in part because an attorney he knows told him he doubts the Mercer Island ordinance is constitutional.
Of course an attorney is going to tell him that... the attorney doesn't care if he wins that case or the law is constitutional or not, he/she is probably just thinking of the money he can make.
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Kids need to be smart
i got a 50 dollar ticket because my backseat passenger (an adult) decided to not wear a seat belt and turn around to look at the cop behind us. So i figure if this law passed the courts, a fee to the parents of dependents who break the law shouldn't have trouble...
That's garbage, I'm sorry about that.
but to go off of this, say dad's 17/18 year old son was driving in a seperate car and his son's friend did the no seat belt thing, then dad gets a $50 ticket because son was driving Dad's car. Also garbage?
i'd say one the kid is 16 they're independents in regards to being law obiding citizens. If you want to extrapolate the train of thought that parant's are responsible, then shouldn't the parent get fined every time the kid does a traffic violation, or if they get a bad grade in school, then it goes on the parent's resume?
When I was 18, they would expect to come home and find me cleaning and airing the smoke out of the house.
If your kid is so out of control that they're going to have a party that calls the cops... you shouldn't leave them alone.
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Sort of garbage...
It's garbage that the friend isn't given the ticket (which might then have to be paid by his dad). The fact that dad might have to pay because his son is a minor doesn't bother me. The real issue is that the passenger who isn't wearing a seatbelt should be held responsible for his/her behaviour; not the driver. If the friend is truly a friend, he would cough up the $50 for the ticket since he is the one who is actually at fault.
Not quite garbage because...
I can't stand it when parents say they are not responsible for the actions of their children, but then turn around and say that their kids are too young to assume any responsibility themselves. A few years ago I was in a police station getting a police check done. While I was there I had to wait about twenty minutes for this mother and her daughter. The daughter backed the family car into the neighbour's vehicle. The mother didn't want to pay for the damage because her daughter was only sixteen. As far as she was concerned, the daughter was not at fault and she was not responsible. She actually wanted the officer's report changed in order to protect her insurance rates. If your kid is a minor and you aren't responsible, who is?
I think times might be a little different though now, with facebook/texting. I mean, I graduated in 1993... I have parties at my house in high school when my parents went away. But they were small get togethers, and even then, someone would bring a couple extra people.
Now, everybody is texting and facebooking everyone, so I can see how quickly a party can get out of hand, even if the kid doesn't mean it too.
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always, and i mean always, throw someone off something that is at least 40 feet high up there. this includes all children whom party at home and get cars stuck in the yard after a good rain. mud flying, tires squealing, flower beds ruined, and empty beer cans everywhere.
gather the children up and throw them off a tall structure...remember fire and tank
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Band in the backyard - a couple of the original GnR and Hollywood Roses boys who were friends at the time. They kicked ass and were loud.
(Slash may have been a quiet boy face to face, but musically, he screamed
Of course, the police came. And with them, I conducted myself as the 18-year-old I professed myself to be. They left without citing or fining me, and we got things quieted and cleaned up post-haste.
It was on me and I understood that.
It's what I was taught, because I knew my parents were not my "friends". I mean, of course they were, but first and foremost they were my parents.
I thank them for that.