Deeeeeppp Trouble!

[djomlas]

usually the car that gets pulled over is the one that is the colosest to the cop car, in this case being you.
also, when you see a little sports car and a big luxury car trveling the same speed, or even the bmw going faster, you always look much faster so hence you getting pulled over.
sorry to hear about that tho man, please Do post what happens if anyone else should find themselves in such situation, as weird as that sounds that im trying to help someone who went that fast, but it never hurts to know.

[cfos]

"if I'm not mistaken the male brain doesn't finish developing until the age of 25(frontal lobe?). The part of the brain that manages risk and its consequences."

*L* Thank you, that overgeneralization just made my day. For the record, I believe you are referencing the completion of mylenation of the axon sheaths, but perhaps, I'll submit legislation to increase the driving age to 25 -- just to be safe. Maybe I should also push to have an extra line added on to the "yellow" sheet to prevent the sale of firearms to people that can't manage risk and consequences. *LOL* Hew, boy! Thanks again. I'm still laughing.

[Dr. Kill]

Sorry to hear about your trouble. No you shouldn’t have done it, but I cannot imagine there is any one of us here who has not done at least one very stupid thing in our younger years. Personally, I am guilty of having done several things of this caliber and I am just thankful that I didn’t hurt anyone or wind up in jail. But, this is about you, not me.

I think your first step is to tell your Dad. Yes he is going to be angry, but he is probably the best first stop in getting this behind you. He is probably going to find out anyway, and the sooner the better. I am 33 and I still call my Dad to get his advice when I run into difficult sitatuations. A good lawyer is probably the next good step after that.

Bottom line, you were lucky - learn from this – don’t do it again. It probably seems terrible right now, but in the grand scheme of things, it will all be OK. This will pass with time.

[Burg Boxster]

James-
As Dr. Kill suggests, you'll want to let your dad know about this for three reasons primarily:

- (99% probability) he will find out about it - best being heard from you not insurance agent, etc. The sooner the better too.

- speaking from experience here (as a parent and also from being in a 'precarious' position once *cough* or twice *cough* in my younger days), he will support you as much as he can to minimize the consequences - not b/c of the $ consequence to his insurance bills, etc., but b/c of compassion. You're still his son and he knows the impact this kind of thing can have on you for a long time.

- his resources are probably 500xs yours - in the legal sense. His personal atty is probably connected, or can refer him/you, w/ someone in that area who either knows the local judge and/or issuing officer and knows the best way to play this thing out. You don't want to get stuck w/ bad representation from a 3AM TV ad or local yellow page atty who claims to be able 'fix it' for you. When you have access to the resources, use them even when getting there might be painful.

Good luck, be safe.