Tuesday, June 14, 2011

"There is someone, walking behind you"

The first thing most parents said as soon as they heard about this law, "there is no way I am going to let my son/daughter put those stickers on their car". Both teens and parents became extremely concerned about safety. Thoughts of being followed home by rapists and pedophiles were defiantly a concern. Most parents have said they would rather pay the $100 dollar fine over and over again then to lose their child. Many are in favor that this law is discriminatory because it profiles new, young drivers on the road. Because of the decals, sexual predators can easily target teenagers more frequently. Police officers now have advantages of profiling as well. Now the police will always have a reason to pull you over. "NewJersey.com reports on Sara Murphy, 17, who was pulled over by a police officer who said he saw a light emanating from her car. When Murphy said she wasn’t using a cell phone, but her passenger was using an iPod, she got a $54 ticket for a hanging air freshener and guardian angel the officer called an obstruction. Her mother calls that targeting." Similarly in Florida at one point, the state marked all rental cars with "Y" or "Z", the policy was quickly pulled after there was a series of robberies, assaults and murders, could this be the future of Kyleighs Law? (National News Desk)


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