Bear with me, as I'm on my phone at work... So, on my drive in, I was coming down a residential road, and about a quarter mile up ahead, I see a car stopped at a stop sign. As I pull up, said car is still stopped. I wait behind the car for about two minutes, no cross traffic anywhere, mind you, and the driver is looking down at the steering wheel the whole time. So, I go to go around the car, when the driver looks up, and decides to start driving. So, I'm behind this car for a little bit, not following too closely or anything - just driving normally. We pull to a stop sign, and the lady driving decides to sit there for a bit and wait for traffic, which is fine. While we are waiting, her two kids, who I would estimate to be about three and six (and seem to be unrestrained) both turn around and start flipping me off. She watches them in the rear view the whole time. I was caught so off guard. My first instinct was to flip the kids off, to be honest. I didn't. I figured this nut job would call the cops on me or something. Instead, I just smiled at the kids. We both turn now, and get to an intersection, where I'm going straight and she's to my left, trying to turn left. This lady is too afraid to pull up next to me. She leaves about a twenty foot gap between her and the car in front of her so that she does not have to be next to me. So I look back, and there she is again, texting away while her kids are still glaring at me. Light turns green and we go our separate ways. My question: what would you have done? In hindsight, if I weren't driving to work, I'd have followed her, while on the phone with police, alerting them to the fact that she is texting while driving with possibly unrestrained toddlers in the car. I also would have alerted them to the kids flipping me off, although there is most likely nothing to be done about this. Man, I wish incould have gone this route...
not worth the hassle...what are you gonna do teach those brats manners??? If parents cant do their jobs with their kids, a stranger wont be able to do much either... If anything i wouldve done something funny...like picked my nose and flung the residue at the kids..they wouldve laughed...
When I talk about calling the cops, I'm talking about punishing the mother. In the sense of getting her mega tickets for texting while driving and not having her children in a car seat/seatbelt.
Nothing much you can do really other than reporting her. But I don't think it'll really change her bad parenting much. All it will do is inconvenience her and make her hate people more. Also you forgot to mention the race... CF needs to know.
She was of the white trash race, of course. (Note before all you whities get your panties in a wad: I am white myself)
I sold my son to a gypsy for a handful of rubies -only to learn later that the rubies were actually purple grapes.
I would've flipped them off. Also, how do you know she left a gap so she didn't have to be next to you instead of leaving a gap so she had plenty of room between her and the car in front of her to give her more margin for error since she was texting?
Having kids like that (who already know what the bird is at 6 and 3) is a punishment enough (one she brought on herself, but a punishment nonetheless). No sense in getting worked up from getting flipped off.
I would have laughed when the kids flipped me off. I'm not going to waste the cops time by reporting somebody that's texting. There are worst things they should be free for. Not for some lady who texts at stop lights and kids flipping you off. C'mon now, lets call the cops for actual crimes being committed.
is your location still the same according to your profile? in Texas she wouldn't receive a ticket for the texting and driving, as on the books it is currently only banned for young drivers and bus drivers. as far as the kids go, an estimated 6 year old could probably get away without a car seat, legally. I think it's a weight thing, 50 lbs or something. sounds like a job for a social worker, not a vigilant citizen or police trooper, IMO.
First world problems. You must not have kids if you think this is 'bad parenting'. Sure, the kids are assholes, but I've seen way worse, like parents hitting their kids in public, kids not wearing shoes while their parents have $200 kicks, and I don't even want to think about parents that sell their kids. Again, these kids are punks, but the lady could have pulled over and started whaling on them MMA style.
Not your kids, not your problem. No physical harm done so no biggie. I think everyone wishes bad parents were non existing, but unfortunately every day another one is brought up
If they weer unrestrained, you could be saving a life but yeah, not worth the hassle.... drunk drivers are everywhere stupid drivers are everywhere texting....meh
