Sorry, Buzz, but I'm gonna do battle with you again
I can say that I would not have done the same thing. I've lived in rural areas. I did not allow my children to break laws. The laws exist for a reason, to protect people. No, everyone can't afford to buy a 10 passenger vehicle, but if this mom isn't able to afford a vehicle in which to transport them all safely, why is she adopting them?
No, the girl doesn't sound like a crazy teenager. But the law doesn't say underage unlicensed drivers can haul a bunch of other children around illegally and unrestrained so long as they go to church afterwards.
Judge not? At what point do we draw the line? Perhaps under the same circumstances we'd all be Joseph Duncan. Should we give him a free pass because of that?
If this girl, with the car load full of children, had caused the accident, what would you be saying about the mother right now? It didn't happen, but it very well could have.