Am I the only person on this forum who does not believe every word that rolls out of my kids' mouths?
Though the story is confusing, let's see.. my 15 year old is driving with a provisional license that says she can only drive to and from school on a certain route. She is off that route, driving somewhere she, legally, is not allowed to be. When the police spot her she immediately returns to her legal driving area, but she is caught and gets a ticket.
Her story, later on, to her parents is that she was off her pre-determined route getting gas (which is legal) and her key got stuck in the ignition. She then went farther off her route to get help for her broken ignition. When the police started following her she panicked, drove home, forgetting all about the broken car, and successfully maneuvered that same broken vehicle into the garage.
...and, somehow, this is the police's fault?
I may be cynical, but if my kid came up with that story I wouldn't have bought it for a buck.
There were other more sensible options. Call someone from the service station. Turn around and drive the car back home. (because, obviously the car was capable of being driven) Drive on to the baseball game, there would have been some boy or some parent there that could help you.
Because teens would never lie, or stretch the truth to get out of trouble.
This one doesn't sit right with me.