This is written as though it's not unusual for a 13 yr old to have a driver's license. Is that the case in Montana?
Wow! That’s terrible.
In rural areas 12 and 13 year olds frequently drive. I know when I was living in Hulbert and Tahlequah, OK there were kids driving.
Probably she didnt have one. When i was young back in rural Wyoming, it wasnt uncommon at all to drive while young. though there wasnt much traffic in those days :)
I don’t think she was licensed, I didn’t read that in the story. I think the 13 and 14 year old girls just took the car to go meet the boy.
Allmost all kids in rural areas learn how to drive tractors at an early age ... That is practical reality.
13 years old and driving? There ought to be a law!
There was a horrible deadly accident in Dallas a few years back caused by some 12-13 year old boys joyriding in a pickup truck. They flew off one interstate overpass and into a gasoline tank truck. It was a huge explosion, truck driver instantly dead, also other drivers. Turns out the kids were members of this group of gypsy like people called the Travelers who frequently let underage kids drive.
How do they know she didn’t think of the consequences?
I got my driver license when I was fourteen. At that time you had to get a letter from the county judge stating that it was necessary for you to have a license. I went to the judge’s office and his secretary typed a one sentence letter and I’m pretty sure that the secretary signed the judge’s name. Took that to take the test and get my license.
Doesn't say licensed just that they took the car.
um... why is a 13 year old driving a car??
This entire thing could have been avoided if we’d have just taken all the cars out of the hands of all the people.
Ban all cars. Save lives.
I started driving at age 11.
A bit young but not out of the norm for the more rural areas.
Sad. RIP.