With shoulders slumped, the driver looked dejectedly at his crashed car with its crumpled metal and fluid spilling out onto the street like blood draining from a body.
The driver, who was about 18 years old, had a look of disbelief as the flashing police and fire lights bounced off our faces.
During the interview I asked, “Do you have a license?”
He replied, “No,” as his permit shook in his hand.
This was my fourth crash of the night and my second with an at fault unlicensed driver. Driver’s licenses and rules don’t mean anything anymore to some people.
Being responsible doesn’t seem to matter anymore either, regardless of how many people are killed or injured in crashes when an unlicensed person gets behind the wheel. I guess having a driver’s license is just a suggestion.
I asked, “Do you know you’re not supposed to drive?”
In a low voice the driver said, “I was going to the DMV next week.”
Well, that doesn’t help the mother and child who were transported to the hospital. That also doesn’t help all the copss at the scene who were tied up with traffic control, or the paramedics, ER staff and ambulance drivers, who treated these victims.
“I woulda, coulda, shoulda” doesn’t help anyone when an unlicensed driver sends you to the hospital.
Be careful out there. The guy next to you might be suspended or unlicensed and they’ll take you out.
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Laws and rules don’t mean much these days. Not too long ago, I heard a 13-year-old neighbor kid bragging to his friends that his mom lets him drive – at 40 mph – on a busy suburban street. I doubt it was just bragging, because I actually saw the kid back his mom’s car out of the driveway onto the street numerous times. Probably I should have reported all this to the police, but we were already having problems with these particular neighbors and had to call the police many times for disturbances caused by this kid and his friends. And people wonder why we moved to another town.
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Great content and informative and as much as possible it’s really important to have a license while driving to avoid any further violations. Thanks for sharing.
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