Sidwell student driving Lexus SUV - Crazy texting and driving . . .

[Anonymous]

I'm sure parents at STA would want this reported to the school

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Anonymous wrote:I agree that putting your HS kid in a car like this, is the biggest parenting error, along with sending them off to parties to get drunk and drugged.

This is "the biggest parenting error" .... really.

How do you know that the car isnt used and that the kid may have worked for it and earned it.

Its all relative. The family may be able to easily afford a Maserati and the kid may be driving a 10 year - 100K miles SUV.

Sure your life would survive such scrutiny. By the way - you say this is the "biggest parent error" likely means you are committing many more serious and egregious errors than this one.

Who cares what kind of car they're driving? It's not like you're less dead if the reckless teenage driver who ran you over was driving a 15-year-old minivan.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm a Sidwell parent who thinks you should post your complaint on this forum and call the school. Calling attention to bad driving can save lives. Of course bad driving isn't limited to any school or any age.

Agree. Why do these kids need to be driving to school? Why not wait for their brains to become a bit more developed?

Yes. On Wisc. Ave. today, a young man driving a small black hybrid Ford SUV was driving obliviously as a fire truck was hurtling down the street and other cars were trying to get to the side of the road. I thought his car would either hit the fire truck or any number of cars who were moving towards the curb. He was not texting. He was just oblivious and inexperienced. Oh, by the way, he had an STA and Cathedral sticker on the car. I don't think this warrants a call to the school. I raise this so that parents might question of letting their young drivers out on the street, during rush hour, on a regular basis.

Bunch of busy bodies. Im sure you are the perfect driver.... this board is a joke. Mind your own store. You likely live in a glass house... stop throwing stones and get a life.

This poster is the reason we have so many issues with kids today....parent you are the problem!

i think you assumed "wrong".

I assumed this response was a kid.

[Anonymous]

It's probably just my imagination. But I was on the lookout for reckless drivers this morning heading on Wisconsin Avenue, just for the heck of it. There is a lot of road work going on, and it can get confusing with may lane shifts and closures. I noticed a small black SUV with many stickers, the only one I could read was "Cathedral" (but I assume he must be an STA student). He was driving textbook perfect. 10 and 2 position. Using his mirrors. Putting on his turn signal. Driving carefully and cautiously. Right at the speed limit. I seriously wonder whether his mom saw this post, asked him whether he was the "oblivious" driver talked about the other day, and knocked some sense into him. If so, well done mom (and pp and DCUM).

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Thank you OP and PP. Job well done.

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I guess there is one thing that still confuses me, why is it the school's responsibility to ensure that its students are good drivers? Is it because it occurred near the school? Dangerous? At least based on a previous post, it sounds like the school might handle it well but not clear to me why it is the school's responsibility or where the school's responsibility ends for activities that have no connection to the school.

[Anonymous]

Some schools include behavior going to school and leaving the school prior to arriving at home as under their jurisdiction. I have seen this noted in the code of conduct for both public and private schools.

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Please - its not going to affect college chances! But you should definitely call SFS and let them know. They might be able to ID the student and can suspend his driving privileged to/from school if it happens again.

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Schools take this kind of behavior seriously. Most independent schools in DC operate under what's called a special zoning exception, and traffic impact is one of the factors looked at whenever they need to build or expand. We live near Beauvoir and several years ago there was a mom driving like a bat out of hell to pickup who nearly hit some kids. We called the school with a description and they said they could identify her and call her in. They were very res

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Responsive.

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I worry this thread and others like it become an easy opportunity for people to air false reports about drivers as a means to tarnish/promote certain schools.

[Anonymous]

Sidwell is five blocks from the metro and right on the 30 bus line and one block fom the h bus line. Why aren't these kids walking/taking transport to their fancy environmentally sound LEED certified school?

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Anonymous wrote:Sidwell is five blocks from the metro and right on the 30 bus line and one block fom the h bus line. Why aren't these kids walking/taking transport to their fancy environmentally sound LEED certified school?

Well, some kids don't live near the Metro or bus lines, but many kids do use public transit to get to school, while others carpool, bike or walk.

[Anonymous]

All parents should worry less about perception and more about reporting bad driving behavior in our children. I don't worry about the reputation at our school relative to teenage drivers. I would rather a parent report the situation.

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Anonymous wrote:It's probably just my imagination. But I was on the lookout for reckless drivers this morning heading on Wisconsin Avenue, just for the heck of it. There is a lot of road work going on, and it can get confusing with may lane shifts and closures. I noticed a small black SUV with many stickers, the only one I could read was "Cathedral" (but I assume he must be an STA student). He was driving textbook perfect. 10 and 2 position. Using his mirrors. Putting on his turn signal. Driving carefully and cautiously. Right at the speed limit. I seriously wonder whether his mom saw this post, asked him whether he was the "oblivious" driver talked about the other day, and knocked some sense into him. If so, well done mom (and pp and DCUM).

FYI, it's no longer 10 and 2 (although after decades of driving I can't break the habit). Due to airbags, proper positioning being taught in public schools and private driving schools is 9 and 3 o'clock. http://www.nbcnews.com/business/get-times-youre-driving-all-wrong-518710