Hoping these kids are OK

[Anonymous]

My guess is the driver was stoned. Remember the accident about a year ago in which 3 JMU students died because the driver ran the car into a tree? That "designated driver" was high. 5 people in the car. 3 dead, one with life threatening injuries and the driver (who was stoned) walked away without a scratch.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sounds like several irresponsible parents are to blame here. Tragic.

You're scuzzy for posting this. You could be the best parent in the world, and short of locking your teenagers into their rooms, lots of kids are going to sneak out.

No, they're not. Don't be your kid's friend. Be their effing parent, and this won't happen (again and again and again).

I mean I just posted above but my parents were NOT my friend. They were my parent. They were involved in my school activities. I got straight As and earned the gold award in girl scouts. I volunteered with animals on weekend and was involved in my church's youth group. I got a job at 16. WE had family dinner every night. I still snuck out and drank and did drugs. My parents grounded me. They cut off my phone service. They put me in therapy. They did everything they could short of putting me in wilderness camp.

Kids aren't robots. You can parent the heck out of them and be the best parent ever and your kid will still make their own decisions and their own mistakes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Of course they aren’t ok. They were thrown from a car.

Teens are resilient. I also hope they are ok or will recover.

The driver is going to jail for a long time

If he was in Arlington, he wouldn't go to jail at all. Remember that kid who drove drunk and killed someone, 1 month before he turned 18, and the PROSECUTOR, not the judge, wouldn't agree to jail time. OMFG.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:From WaPo:
All the juveniles in the car were 14 to 17 years old, from the area where the crash happened, and either friends or related to one another

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Police believe the driver did not have a license

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The vehicle was not stolen but belongs to one person in the vehicle

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/11/20/fairfax-va-merrifield-car-crash/

Did not have a license?!?

Didn't we just discuss teens driving with no license recently on DCUM?

Many people here subornly refused to believe it happens in this area. Apparently, it does happen in this area.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sounds like several irresponsible parents are to blame here. Tragic.

You're scuzzy for posting this. You could be the best parent in the world, and short of locking your teenagers into their rooms, lots of kids are going to sneak out.

No, they're not. Don't be your kid's friend. Be their effing parent, and this won't happen (again and again and again).

I'm not my teen's friend, and he still snuck out. We took away privileges, and tried to monitor even more closely than before, but you cannot stay awake forever.

Of course not all teens sneak out. I have a compliant one, and one who broke every rule. Thank god he grew up and got his head on straight.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:On a school night/early morning? Or do some of the area schools have the whole week off this week?

Not sure about the private schools. What parents allow their kids out between 4 and 5 AM on a Monday morning?

Allow? Kids lie that they’re at a friends house. You didn’t ever do that as a kid?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Of course they aren’t ok. They were thrown from a car.

Teens are resilient. I also hope they are ok or will recover.

The driver is going to jail for a long time

If he was in Arlington, he wouldn't go to jail at all. Remember that kid who drove drunk and killed someone, 1 month before he turned 18, and the PROSECUTOR, not the judge, wouldn't agree to jail time. OMFG.

That kid comes from a rich influential family in McLean.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Of course they aren’t ok. They were thrown from a car.

Teens are resilient. I also hope they are ok or will recover.

The driver is going to jail for a long time

If he was in Arlington, he wouldn't go to jail at all. Remember that kid who drove drunk and killed someone, 1 month before he turned 18, and the PROSECUTOR, not the judge, wouldn't agree to jail time. OMFG.

We have a juvenile justice system for juveniles. For all juveniles, not just for the ones that you don't hear about.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:On a school night/early morning? Or do some of the area schools have the whole week off this week?

Not sure about the private schools. What parents allow their kids out between 4 and 5 AM on a Monday morning?

Allow? Kids lie that they’re at a friends house. You didn’t ever do that as a kid?

Not on a Sunday night. Or at least, not 7 of them together.

It happens, obviously, since it happened here. But it's not usual.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sounds like several irresponsible parents are to blame here. Tragic.

You're scuzzy for posting this. You could be the best parent in the world, and short of locking your teenagers into their rooms, lots of kids are going to sneak out.

No, they're not. Don't be your kid's friend. Be their effing parent, and this won't happen (again and again and again).

I mean I just posted above but my parents were NOT my friend. They were my parent. They were involved in my school activities. I got straight As and earned the gold award in girl scouts. I volunteered with animals on weekend and was involved in my church's youth group. I got a job at 16. WE had family dinner every night. I still snuck out and drank and did drugs. My parents grounded me. They cut off my phone service. They put me in therapy. They did everything they could short of putting me in wilderness camp.

Kids aren't robots. You can parent the heck out of them and be the best parent ever and your kid will still make their own decisions and their own mistakes.

+1 million. People have their heads in the sand.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Of course they aren’t ok. They were thrown from a car.

Teens are resilient. I also hope they are ok or will recover.

The driver is going to jail for a long time

If he was in Arlington, he wouldn't go to jail at all. Remember that kid who drove drunk and killed someone, 1 month before he turned 18, and the PROSECUTOR, not the judge, wouldn't agree to jail time. OMFG.

We have a juvenile justice system for juveniles. For all juveniles, not just for the ones that you don't hear about.

He should have been tried AS AN ADULT.

Just like the kid in Alexandria who stabbed and killed a classmate at Bradlee and will not go to a real prison.

You do this kind of $hit, you face the consequence. GTFOH. Attitudes like yours are how we got here, because the current system of ignoring it ISN'T WORKING MY FRIEND.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My guess is the driver was stoned. Remember the accident about a year ago in which 3 JMU students died because the driver ran the car into a tree? That "designated driver" was high. 5 people in the car. 3 dead, one with life threatening injuries and the driver (who was stoned) walked away without a scratch.

Drive walked away because while he was an idiot to drink and drive he was smart enough to wear a seatbelt.

being thrown from a car will never work in your favor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Of course they aren’t ok. They were thrown from a car.

Teens are resilient. I also hope they are ok or will recover.

The driver is going to jail for a long time

If he was in Arlington, he wouldn't go to jail at all. Remember that kid who drove drunk and killed someone, 1 month before he turned 18, and the PROSECUTOR, not the judge, wouldn't agree to jail time. OMFG.

We have a juvenile justice system for juveniles. For all juveniles, not just for the ones that you don't hear about.

what does that even mean? Huh?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Of course they aren’t ok. They were thrown from a car.

Teens are resilient. I also hope they are ok or will recover.

The driver is going to jail for a long time

If he was in Arlington, he wouldn't go to jail at all. Remember that kid who drove drunk and killed someone, 1 month before he turned 18, and the PROSECUTOR, not the judge, wouldn't agree to jail time. OMFG.

Was that the legal case we discussed here? :

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1093699.page

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Of course they aren’t ok. They were thrown from a car.

Teens are resilient. I also hope they are ok or will recover.

The driver is going to jail for a long time

If he was in Arlington, he wouldn't go to jail at all. Remember that kid who drove drunk and killed someone, 1 month before he turned 18, and the PROSECUTOR, not the judge, wouldn't agree to jail time. OMFG.

That kid comes from a rich influential family in McLean.

There are kids getting into trouble all over the region. A teenager was found deceased at Wakefield HS in Arlington over the weekend.