Not everyone who has ever driven it, no. The person who is currently driving it at the time of the infraction is the one on the hook, no matter how many other names are on the title or are listed on the insurance as legitimate drivers. And if there's booze in a car that's parked at a school because a student drove it there, it's the student who drove it there who's held responsible.
edited 9th Jan '14 3:49:42 PM by Madrugada
Not the way it works, Pykrete. Anything in the car I'm driving is my responsibility, whether it's mine or not, and whether I knew it was there or not. That may not be the way it should work, but it is the way it does work. Someone else may be held to also be responsible, but that doesn't get me off the hook unless the officer or judge is feeling lenient.
edited 9th Jan '14 3:52:36 PM by Madrugada
Right, I edited — social host is about serving, mainly parties. Minor in possession is inconsistent too though.
In any case, it's a moot point as far as the school is concerned. Even if the law is as backasswardsedly hamstrung as it can be regarding a border case, the school can make its own arbitration as to continued tuition.
Which brings me back to zero tolerance generally just being bad.
edited 9th Jan '14 4:26:37 PM by Pykrete
A fair portion of my chemistry class found it amusing to bring all manner of illicit substances in under the guise of For Science!! From what I've seen of the local high schools as well, there's almost never a day without someone hitting their bong in the parking lot before classes start in the mornings.
Epic Face Palm from me right now. I am not holding out hope that the administration will rule in her favor. Clearly the rules are more important than a teenager's life.
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.... Wow. Both at the story, and at the needless arguments in comments to that turns into bible study.
The only time i read internet comments is Bile Fascination. It's an exercise in Poe's Law to the hilt, you don't know who is trolling, who is shilling, and who is just taking advantage of the lack of moderation to vent their sincerely-held beliefs in a way that wouldn't pass muster in (not to sound elitist) a real internet community.
And there was an update made this evening:
In the battle between the people who respect a good deed done to save a life, and the reactionaries panicking and going, "Child holding knife! CHILD HOLDING KNIFE!!! SHE'S GOING TO MURDER US ALL!!! LOCK DOWN THE SCHOOL!!! BRING OUT THE ARMED GUARDS!!! RED ALERT!!!", it's nice to see that reason won the day.
That's rare.
edited 21st Mar '14 8:26:05 AM by TobiasDrake
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.I love you guys that this thread exists.
If you guys want something to be furious about, have at ye
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edited 30th Jun '14 5:36:24 PM by chi_mangetsu
"I'd like to be a tree." - FluttershyYeah...that's messed up. I can basically guarantee that the kid had no idea what he was signing and that if anyone asked him what sexual misconduct was, he wouldn't know.
Also, what's wrong with the principal? Who makes kids sign complicated legalese documents for something like that anyway? More than anything, I think that principal needs a close looking at.

If the vehicle has more than one owner, it very much is. It triggers an investigation, but there's a very good reason you don't respond to an illegal substance in a car by immediately imprisoning everyone who's ever driven it.
As for searches, there was a case in (where else >_>) North Carolina a while back where a kid got arrested for leaving his hunting rifle in his truck. When he found out it was there, he very responsibly locked it securely and was in the process of getting his parents to pick it up until rent-a-cops strongarmed their way in, arrested him, and he got expelled without appeal.
edited 9th Jan '14 3:48:32 PM by Pykrete