Scott en Aztlán wrote: <brevity snip>
>
> http://www.chicagosuntimes.com/outpu...nws-bus14.html
>
> Punishment for teen drivers: riding the bus
>
> August 14, 2006
>
> PORTAGE, Ind. -- A judge fed up with teen traffic violators is hitting
> them where it hurts -- in the driver's seat -- by sentencing them to
> the embarrassment of riding the school bus.
>
> Porter Superior Judge Julia Jent got the idea after a girl in her
> court for a moving traffic violation appeared not to take seriously
> either the offense or the possible fine.
>
> The judge said she knew she had found a way to reach the teen after
> she ordered her to park her car and ride the school bus.

Without any reference to the length of the punishment this story may as
well been unreported. Was it one day, one week or one school year?
May the child drive elsewhere, or just not to school? Are there any
repurcussions for being kept home "sick" for the duration of the
suspension? For whom?

It seems nobody is so stupid they can't get a job as a reporter or
editor.
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- gpsman