Many teenagers experience getting their driver license at age 16 and inevitably, they ignore speed limit laws and speed. It is just a fact of life...there is some kind of rebellious streak embedded into a teenagers' brainpower that causes them to completely ignore proper driving laws and etiquette during their first couple years of driving.
Personally, I never was rebellious about anything as a teenager...so I didn't experience this urge to speed.
Well, okay, so I didn't experience an urge to DRIVE as a teenager since I did not get my license until I was 23. But that is besides the point...(I really wasn't rebellious as a teenager! Ask my mom! Well, once I yelled at my dad, but then about five seconds later sat down on the steps and balled because I felt bad about it...)
So I DID experience the urge to speed and went through that 'reckless rebellious teenage driving speed' stage when I was 25. I got three speeding tickets within about a 6 month period...ironically in three different states (Washington, Oregon, and Maryland). Mostly it was on trips. At the time of my last speeding ticket in Oregon I told myself to stop speeding and I did. A month later I received a restriction on my license (ha - after I'd learned my lesson) and suffered those consequences.
Yes, indeedy, they were very annoying consequences at that...for two months I couldn't drive between the hours of 2 and 6 am unless going to and from work. Gee. That was tough. Party animal me could not stay out all hours of the night...(ha)
Anyway, since then I have refrained (mostly) from speeding and am a good little driver girl. Then I come to Nevada to transfer my license...
Well, guess what? A tidbit of information for all of you folks out there who may move to Nevada someday...if you have three or more moving violations within the last four years of moving here, you are required to take a written and a driving test in Nevada. At first, I thought, no big deal...I know how to drive, it should be a cinch to pass. And then I was informed that I could not schedule a driver test until I had passed the written test, and the wait time around here is about two months, and that I would have to surrender my Oregon driver license at the time of completing my written test and would be given a Nevada driver permit. Um. WHAT??!??!?!?!
I completely freaked out. It was rather embarrassing...there I was balling my head off in front of some random (might I add cute) guy because I had no idea what I was going to do. I kinda, uh, need my car for my internship? I can't just not have a license for two months.
Well, it turns out that he was wrong, I did not have to surrender my Oregon driver license because I did not get a Nevada driver permit - I just took the written test, and they have it on record and now I need to go take the driver test on November 28. Whoohoo.
Oh, guess what? I passed the written test. Surprise, surprise.
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Well, you're better off than me- I have no moving violations, but 4 parking lot bumpers. I'm such a goober! at least they are almost all off my record. one left. I'm glad you're living closer to me now. If you're coming back through SLC let me know.
Wow, I did not know our little emily was such the speeder, mmmmm, I must've been a great role model, scary to think I've slowed down quite a bit, driving a SUV is the trick!
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