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| Thread ID: 76642 | 2007-02-08 00:38:00 | What's with Teenagers these day? | SKT174 (1319) | PC World Chat |
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| 523646 | 2007-02-08 00:38:00 | Teenage girl joyrider 'absolutely totals' police car Three teenagers had a narrow escape after the stolen car one was driving smashed through a railway barrier, just missing a train in Hamilton today . It was the third high-speed incident involving teenagers in the past four days . Hamilton Senior Sergeant Pete van de Wetering said a Nissan 4WD was stolen from Dannevirke about 9am yesterday . Police started chasing it soon after but dropped the chase near Napier when the car, being driven by a 14-year-old, hit speeds of up to 160km/h . Hamilton police got reports of a 4WD being driven dangerously around the city about 3am before it smashed through the railway barrier at Norton Rd, Frankton, as a train was approaching . Police then chased the car through Nawton at speeds up to 100km/h . A witness said the car hit a fence on Avalon Dr, opposite Karaka St . Mr van de Wetering said the driver ran off as police approached, before coming back to try to attack officers with a softball bat . Two passengers, 15- and 16-year-old girls, were held by police . The driver was due to appear in the Hamilton Youth Court today, Mr van de Wetering said . "He swung and missed a couple of times before being subdued . " ===== Joyrider, 14, dies in smash On Monday three teenagers joy riding in a stolen car tried to escape police but the 14-year-old driver Pehi Tahana lost control and crashed after hitting road spikes on SH28 . Tahana died in the crash . ===== Teenage girl joyrider 'absolutely totals' police car A policeman watched helplessly as a teenage suspect he had stopped for questioning leaped into his patrol car and sped off early yesterday . The shocked officer was left standing at the roadside as the 16-year-old girl led police on a 30km chase . The teenager's joyride came to an end only after she crashed the car, "absolutely totalling" it according to one police officer . During the 20-minute chase she drove more than 30km from Rotorua to Rotoma . The girl had been stopped as part of a routine patrol by police, but jumped into the the officer's car and fled . |
SKT174 (1319) | ||
| 523647 | 2007-02-08 00:41:00 | It is just a symptom of today. No Respect. I was talking with my father-in-law and he observed this as well. No one actually spends time teaching sound moral principles, in today's "must have it now, pay for it later (en.wikipedia.org)" society. |
KiwiTT_NZ (233) | ||
| 523648 | 2007-02-08 02:32:00 | "Spare the rod......" | sam m (517) | ||
| 523649 | 2007-02-08 02:33:00 | Im a teenager, i have to stand up for my fellows... Its called the Media, they report you react, 99% of teenagers wont go driving from the authorities at 160km/h, but we have to be seen as the reckless bunch of people jumping of bridges, popping party pills, driving madly, etc etc |
noone (22) | ||
| 523650 | 2007-02-08 02:52:00 | Im a teenager, i have to stand up for my fellows... Its called the Media, they report you react, 99% of teenagers wont go driving from the authorities at 160km/h, but we have to be seen as the reckless bunch of people jumping of bridges, popping party pills, driving madly, etc etc Me too Agreed, the media reports on all bad things yet only reports on VERY little of the good |
The_End_Of_Reality (334) | ||
| 523651 | 2007-02-08 02:55:00 | Noone: I'm sure you're responsible like the vast majority of teens out there who wouldn't even think of stealing a police car: but if these things weren't happening, the media wouldn't have anything to report. Why is the media reporting these things: because it's happening, and it's happening at such a rate that it is no longer the random 1 or 2 lunatics doing this sort of thing once a year. The (significant) increase in underage drinking, use of drugs - illegal and legal, boy racers etc. is something which is happening, and not just a media-manufactured myth. The_End_Of_Reality: When does the media report much good of anything else? Isn't the news just stories about murders, rapes, wars, impending doom from the bird flu, etc. etc.? With the exception of sporting successes, how often are positive stories broadcast? |
somebody (208) | ||
| 523652 | 2007-02-08 03:03:00 | I think it's a bit of both. There is less respect these days. But also, the media do tend to grab a theme and then run every story on that theme that they can find. |
Antmannz (6583) | ||
| 523653 | 2007-02-08 03:07:00 | I blame their upbringing. Yes, that's right, there is actually nothing wrong with teenagers today, the real problem is all the older people who look down upon us and say 'kids these days, yada yada yada'. We had to learn it from someone. So I shall point the finger at the previous generation. They brought us up, and taught us all of what we are. Aaah, it's good to have someone else to blame. (ok, maybe I shouldn't be trying to wind people up... Please don't kill me :p) |
mejobloggs (264) | ||
| 523654 | 2007-02-08 03:18:00 | Actually, Jonathan, I agree with you. Teeagers have always done daft things (Yes, even when I was one, would you believe...) but the difference than was a lack of access to fast cars - plus the fact that girls didn't usually learn to drive as young as today, so boys were more likely to be motor-mad. But theft has always been wrong, so when someone steals a vehicle for joy-riding, that implies to me that their parents didn't instill that particular rule - or at least not adequately enough to counteract peer pressure. And peer pressure has always been around - just resulting in different actions nowadays. And treenagers have always been ten feet high & unbreakable when together... Edit: Forgot to say - my older generation disapproved just as much as today's... It's been happening forever. I expect you will one day. |
Laura (43) | ||
| 523655 | 2007-02-08 03:23:00 | Actually, Jonathan, I agree with you.Who is Jonathan? :illogical | Jen (38) | ||
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