Oh, of course you are! [sm=smiley2.gif]

I really can't say much about being a teen driver...I didn't get my license until I was 22. I will say, however, that if I did drive when I was a teenager, I would definately have obeyed all traffic laws...being that the mere thought of breaking the law has always bothered the hell out of me. I'm guessing this wild child in the Jetta wasn't of the same moral fiber that I am, though....LOL.

 

Most of the "teens" around where I live, have rich parents, so they either didn't pay for their cars, or on the off chance they did, mommy and daddy bails them out whenever they have trouble, lol.

As far as the whole generalization thing... It's not that I have something against ALL teenage female drivers...

It's just that if one runs a red light and hits me, unless I have witness, the police, and insurance companies will instantly ignore anything I say that has to do with the accident, and listen only to what she has to say.

 

mine have already told me im on my own if i get in trouble or wreck, and while they did pay for the majority of my blazer we're not rich and i have to pay them back.

 

ok guys......back on topic here....remember this thread is about the whole accident...if you would like to continue this discussion...why not start a stupid drivers thread in off topic?

 

Same here, not to mention if I did have a wreck... I'd be sick on top of oweing money to cover the wreck and to cover a new car.. So I driveas good asmost cops out there, and better than some.

 

that is the truth! i just had some lady cut me off on the way home...
glad to see everyone is ok and that everything should be replaced!
and comin from a 19 year old... most teenagers cant drive to save their lives lol

 

im only 17 and i dont got a ticket yet and havent had an accident yet not saying that it wont happen but I drive cautiously because i have put close to a grand in my blazer to get the thing in the shape it is now pay for my own insurance. Plus dont normally drive more then 10 miles aday witht the priice gas is the 1st gens aren't that great on gas in them self,
Hope you can get the insurance to cover the frame straightening its a hell of a lot to do it if not

 

Atleast the truck isn't so bad.

 

it's not the fact that she's a bad teenage driver, it's called shock. She probably had no idea how fast she was going and usually most people that are speeding don't really know how fast they are going so they say they were doing the speed limit. This is what most people do, not just teenagers.

 

Unfortunately for the young lady driving the Jetta, it really doesn't matter how fast she says she was driving. There just happens to be a little "black box" installed on the vehicle that recorded the last 5-7 seconds of all the functions going on with the car just prior to the accident. Insurance investigators will access that info and there is no way to refute it.

And, yes, I was a bad teen driver...lol. I can admit that now, 20+ years later.