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[quote=Anonymous]OP, we were in a similar situation with our oldest.  He was sophomore in college when he got in trouble.  He's a senior now.

Our story - I got a frantic phone call from my son from jail.  He was driving back to school after being home for a few weeks over the summer.
(1) going 85 miles an hour in a 55 zone  
(2)  with a suspended license - It was suspended because he failed to pay a minor traffic violation a year prior.  He claims he "didn't know" it had been suspended.  
(3) No registration on his car - He claims he "forgot" to do the paperwork after he bought the car. 
(4) He was in Tifton County, Georgia.  That won't mean anything to you unless you are from the south.

Our logic - This was a series of really bad decisions.  We felt like at 20, he should have known better.  But, he was in JAIL!  I was terrified.  And they would not release him unless he paid $1600 because he was from out-of-state.  As a college kid, he didn't have nearly enough money and the judge just didn't really care.  We didn't want to rush to bail him out because we didn't want the pattern to continue.

Here's what we did - We told him we would pay the fines and get him out of jail if he agreed to sell his car to pay us back.  It was a painful lesson.  But one that stuck.  He's never done anything like that again.  [/quote]

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