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Originally Posted by 90503
I know what you're saying...I've told my kid all the time, that there is no way in hell you're gonna get away with anything close to what I did when I was younger.
When we drove by the police station with a six-pack on the roof of the car and were pulled over...the cops let us go because we were almost home...The vast majority of discretion and judgement exercised by the police was fortunately in my favor...Not so with kids in today's world. Anything they do "wrong", and they are "in the computer" forever, from driving records to job resumes...
Definitely don't blame the police or the "system"...that's just the way it is.
The police deal with a rediculous amount of craziness out there that never existed in my youth...and they are under the microscope to be mind-readers and flawless in their duties like never before....
Not sure what my point is here, but even when I did get in trouble with the law, or cited for speeding or whatever, it always popped into my mind, that man, I'm just lucky it didn't happen everytime I deserved it!..Peace!
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The drinking age was 18 when I was in high school and there was no open container law.
And oddly, it didn't seem like there was as many DUI's and alcohol related crashes back then.
Or, maybe no internet and 24 tv news to bring them to our attention........