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Title: Busted. (In real life: first-person American).(getting tickets for moving violations)
Author: Christine Parsons
Publication: The American Enterprise (Magazine/Journal)
Date: October 1, 2002
Publisher: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
Volume: 13 Issue: 7 Page: 47(2)Distributed by Thompson Gale

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DANVILLE, CALIFORNIA--The odd squawking sound wasn't coming from my radio. It was a motorcycle cop trying to get my attention. I spotted him in the rearview mirror and felt 15 again. My cheeks flushed hot and red. My checkered driving past had finally caught up with me.

Nowadays, teenagers are required to take both classroom and behind-the-wheel training. But in 1968, driving instruction requirements were vague at best, leaving it to parents to figure out what to do. My mom was an overworked housewife with eight other kids to worry about. I think she saw our brief driving sessions in the family station wagon as a chance to get in a smoke before the onslaught of dinner.