| The oddest coincidence happened to me. I'm doing | | | | still there is the other silly one that says I can only take |
| research on things that are killing our teenagers. It | | | | one friend in my car. "They kind of set it up so we had |
| consisted of opening up the websites and going | | | | to start trunking." That was his parting statement. |
| through lists of things. Yes I saw this word; Trunking. In | | | | I followed him into the room after doing some more |
| my head I got a picture of climbing into the trunk of | | | | research. I wanted to be armed with hard facts for |
| some friend's car when I was like 16 years old to | | | | him to swallow. I began my lesson to him with. "As a |
| sneak into a drive-in movie theater. It brought a smile to | | | | parent I believe I have the right and need to protect |
| my face and some fond summer memories. | | | | you and with that I want to first explain to you why I |
| So I didn't look at the sites, I moved on. But then I went | | | | think trunking is bad and what the consequences will |
| for a walk and sure enough up by the high school I | | | | be if you ever are involved with it, in any way shape |
| see not one, but four kids getting into the trunk of | | | | or form. |
| some car. I walked right up and said, "Hey, what are | | | | He gave me one of those, jeez looks and sat down to |
| you guys doing? Don't you know that teenage trunking | | | | listen. So I spent the next say half hour talking to him |
| is dangerous?" I spluttered at them. They did not even | | | | about getting gassed, suffocated, cold, overheated, |
| bat an eye, they simply said" we are on our way | | | | squished and tossed out of the trunk. I used the word |
| home from school and there is not enough room in the | | | | dying a lot and how much that would upset me. |
| car, don't worry we do this everyday!" | | | | When we were done, I left knowing I did what I could, |
| I was flummoxed and though I didn't do anything about | | | | and of course my parting shot of ..."Oh and by the |
| it I did go home and begin my investigation of this new | | | | way, if I see any one of your teenage friends trunking, I |
| trunking. | | | | will take their license plate, call the school, call their |
| What would possess a perfectly sane (well if a teen | | | | parents and call the highway patrol because I care |
| could ever be considered that) teenager to stuff | | | | what happens to them." |
| himself or his friends into the trunk of a car. I didn't | | | | Accidents happen every day. They happen from |
| have to go far to learn this answer, as my son walked | | | | carelessness and from human error. Teenage trunking |
| into the house and told me why. | | | | is dangerous and not an accident. My teenager knows |
| New laws have made it that way, he said. No longer | | | | what he should be doing to help take care of himself |
| can we look forward to getting our licenses and be | | | | and his passengers and if he gets goofy or stupid and |
| able to drive around with our friends. Some states | | | | trunks, well then I will be there to give out the |
| don't allow you to have any one but your family in the | | | | consequences. Hopefully I will get the chance before a |
| car, some you can't drive after midnight till your 18 and | | | | horrible life changing event takes place. |