Last night shortly after my wife and I had gone to bed, we heard the sound of a car coming down our street at high speed. Then there was the screech of breaks followed by a couple of thuds. I got out of bed, but some clothes on and took of town the street to see if there was anything I could help with.
Car comes to a stop wedging itself between a tree and a house
A red Subaru station wagon occupied by four teenagers was wedged between a house and a tree after hitting another tree and taking it out of the ground. When I arrived on the scene one of the teens was trying to remove the key, a few of us told him no to worry as we didn’t think that it was likely that it would be stolen.
Little did we know, but he probably wanted the keys to get into his house as the group of teens made a run for it. I chased them in my car and with the help of the police, who arrived shortly after, managed to apprehend them a couple of blocks away.
This tree is the first point of impact from the speeding car
I thought that it was interesting to see a couple of beer bottles next to the car. I cannot help but wonder if alcohol was a factor.
Police cars are lighting up the scene of the accident
What is particularly disturbing about this is that this is the 3rd accident we have had in o vechiles ur street in the past 6 months (which I have seen). I think that it is time that the police do something about the speed at which vehicles are travelling
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so are you implying all teens drive drunk and crash into trees? the title of your post makes it sound like you believe this to be the case… unfortunately there are quite a few idiots out there, but the majority of teens drive sensibly. to be honest, i would suggest quite a few teens drink and drive, and speed, purely because everyone expects them to anyway. maybe it would be a good idea to stop generalising, and start looking for more productive, and positive, methods of reinforcing the good behaviour of the majority.
David,
Yes this is rather a generalization. However, generalizations are often given as a result of behavioral trends. New Zealand has a problem with a teen binge drinking culture along with a boy racer culture. While it may not be every teenager involved, there are quite a large number involved in behavioral patterns like this. Keep in mind that I was once a teenager and did many a foolish thing. However, there was never any alcohol involved and I didn’t have a powerful car.
Have you ever been to the bowling alley down at the Botany center on a Friday night. Large groups of teen congregate with powerful cars, underage drinking.
There is not an expectation for the teenagers to behave in these ways. That is just an excuse. We need to get away from all of this politically correct stuff and start to take responsibility.
My reason for putting these photo’s onto my blog is to bring the issue to the Manukau City council in the hope that they will do something to slow down speeding drivers in my street so that residence don’t have to live in the fear of something happening to our kids.