GA law would allow parents to suspend their child's driver's license

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...law would allow parents to suspend a child's driver's license for at least 90 days. The parents could simply pay $15 to the Department of Motor Vehicle Services and have the child's license suspended, from 90 days or until the child turns 18, at the parent's discretion.

Wilkinson called the license suspension a discipline tool. "It is the ultimate weapon for a parent," he said. "The most important thing to a teen is that driver's license."

http://www.11alive.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=58391

What do you think?

[Lars39]

1. Can't the parents just take the car keys?

This sounds like another revenue-producing scheme for the state.

[vpigrad]

2. When I was young...

the parents just physically took the license from the kids. Granted the licenses are a little harder to get to now since they're pieces of laminated paper the size of a credit card rather than on your keychain, but it can still be done. There's no need for the parents to be allowed to intentionally waste the DMV's time processing all of that unneeded paperwork.

[Johonny]

4. Yeah

I sounds like a good idea until you remember the DMV is most states is horribly under funded and under staffed. I bet few parents waste the time to fillout paper work to do this. Making it one of those why the heck is this law in the books laws.

[DrWeird]

3. Sounds pretty fucked up.

nt

[cattleman22]

5. Can't parents already do this without paying money?

My sister got a ticket soon after getting her liscence. My parents toolk liscence away from her for 6 months. when she went to court over the ticket, my dad told the judge what he did and the judge removed the ticket from my sister's record.

[ProdigalJunkMail]

6. just create bigger problems for the kid

all that has to happen (in GA) is for them to get pulled over while driving suspended and it is at least a night in jail and probably a pretty stiff fine...upwards of $1000

theProdigal (don't ask me how I know :-) )