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Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Linn County, Oregon
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MikeSid
My dad showed all of my siblings and myself a couple of police photos of a nasty traffic accident right before we got our licenses. It left an impression of "I don't want that to happen to me." But I doubt it had a real affect on the choices any of us made. I can't think of a single time speeding around in high school when I thought of those pictures.
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I'm afraid you're spot on...teens tend to have a sense of immortality, and "can't happen to me" mentality.
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