How’s My Son Driving?
Thursday, August 30th, 2007Do you have a problem younger driver in your household? Do you cringe every time you had him/her the car keys? Do you worry about your teen’s safety and the safety of others while your teen is behind the wheel?
A new LOCAL Web Site wants to help you keep an eye on your kids even when you’re not in the car with them.
Myyoungdriver.com “because you can’t always be in the passenger seat†wants you to apply online for a sticker to place on your young driver’s car. Other motorists who then witness your child talking on the cell phone, text messaging, hanging out the window, playing mailbox baseball or robbing a liquor store can then go online, fill out some information and report your child’s good or bad driving behavior.
MyYoungDriver.com was created to encourage safe and responsible driving. There are more distractions than ever before for a young driver on the road today. While we teach our young drivers good driving habits, we can’t always be there to watch. Cell-phones, text messaging, ipods, blackberries, portable DVD players and other hand-held devices all contribute to non-attentive driving. By purchasing and placing a MyYoungDriver.com decal on your car, you can rest assured that there will be thousands of eyes on your young driver, and an outlet for other drivers to let you know should they observe negative or positive driving behavior.Our goal at MyYoungDriver.com is simple: “We wish to encourage the inexperienced driver to drive safely and responsibly; our hope is to get every driver to their destination safely.” By applying for an ID to your registered vehicle, the driver might be inclined to not engage in reckless behavior that could lead to losing their license or being involved in an accident that could result in injury or death.
How would your kid’s feel when you plaster this sticker all over their brand new Dodge Viper? Is it a good idea? Maybe. Anything would help in terms of protecting our children. But, I echo the sentiments of callers to this morning’s radio program. The parent still ultimately has to have good enough judgment to sift through the phony claims.
Will it help or is it just wishful thinking. Check it out for yourself and let me know what you think. www.Myyoungdriver.comÂ
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most of my creatures have been cats – and 2 dogs. Puddkitty is the current critter and while she isn’t as animated as some that I’ve had, she does keep herself and me entertained. She also makes sure that any creepy crawly critter that manages to get into the house doesn’t stay for long. Now if only she would decide that cricket legs taste like chicken! She leaves those behind – I guess it’s just her gift to me, but it’s better than leaving ‘other’ things! Pudd likes height – the top of anything is a great perch – doors, furniture, the mantle. Even with only hind claws, she’s still a great climber.
Most of the cats I’ve had through the years have been social – they like the company of the humans in the house rather than going off on their own to sleep in a sunbeam.  Sam was a fighter – he protected the property from any other cat in the neighborhood. He was my only outside cat, but met his match when he went after a large four-legged – car.Â
Samantha was my mouse cat. She could find any mouse that had the unfortunate luck to come into the house. Of course she didn’t hunt it – she played with it to death. And then just left it for Mommy to dispose of. She liked everyone and had the knack of finding the one person in a group who didn’t really like cats and
did her best to change their mind.
Mickey was the lover of the bunch. He knew he was cute and worked it to the max and then just sat on you and purred, but sometimes I think he thought he was a dog. He is the only cat that actually came when you called him and he would play fetch with his toys!
she and Puddkitty came to me at the same time. Mo was 5 and very unhappy to be in such a noisy place and Pudd was 6 months and the baby in the cat room. Mo was like Pywich – older and aloof, but she was more sociable. Pudd you’ve already met.Â