Saturday, December 20, 2014

“I was driving too fast, arrest me”

"Michael Ware, 53, allegedly falsely told cops that he had no idea his daughter Julia used his vehicle during a trip to the Poconos over the Labor Day weekend, according to a report this week."

"But the truth was that Ware knew the girl was joy riding in his SUV because he handed her the keys and even asked her to bring him back a bacon, egg and cheese sandwich from a barbecue restaurant, the Bucks County Courier Times reported, citing court documents."

Dad facing charges after he ‘lied’ about teen’s deadly joyride

2 comments:

Synova said...

I remember the time one of my kids went swimming with her friends *with my knowledge and permission* and somehow failed to mention that "swimming" was at the Blue Hole *on the other side of the state*.

I explained that she really needed to be more specific just in case we had to file a missing person's report.

As for this... I understand that parents are irreparably devastated when their child dies. But every so often I hear about these parents suing the driver or the family of the driver and I think it's wrong. Just because your kid wasn't driving doesn't make them an innocent party. In fact, they may very well have been the distraction that caused the accident. No one forced them to go along with this "illegal" activity... riding with an unlicensed or drunk driver. It may have been a fatal mistake... sometimes dumb choices are a person's last choice... but it was still their own decision.

The parents who sue when that happens are projecting their own lack of supervision and making excuses for their own culpability.



bagoh20 said...

"The parents who sue when that happens are projecting their own lack of supervision and making excuses for their own ..." greed.