Update on local mom who towed kids behind her car in a wagon (and Ospreys)
@JamesHxstatic (29242)
Eugene, Oregon
July 22, 2017 5:34pm CST
After six days in jail, this 27 year old mother has been released. She thought it would be fun for her kids, 3 & 5 and a nephew, 8, to be towed behind her car at five miles per hour on a public street roundabout. She has signed an agreement not to repeat such behavior and is not to have contact with her nephew. She will be under Department of Human Services scrutiny too.
I hope she learned her lesson on this.
Link to story and photo:
http://registerguard.com/rg/news/local/35764555-75/mom-arrested-for-using-car-to-tow-kids.html.csp
One other update is about the Osprey nest and fledglings down the street from my house. I was told that one of the young birds was electrocuted by a power line nearby.
Growing up in nature or with irresponsible parents can be dangerous.
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In a field though, not on the road.@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
23 Jul 17
There is a world of difference there, isn't there.
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@RichardMeister (5328)
• Otis Orchards, Washington
22 Jul 17
When I was a kid, something like pulling someone in a wagon with a car, no one would have even thought twice about it. Ski jogging was done all the time. I can remember riding in the back of a pickup at 45 mph and jumping up to see what the results would be. I thought if I jumped up at the front of the bed of the pickup while it was moving I would land near the tail end of the bed. Nope. I landed at almost the exact spot I jumped up at. That just goes to show you how much more safety conscious we are today than we were back then.
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@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
23 Jul 17
I think it is a good thing too. This is a little kids wagon on a busy street. Interesting physics about your jump.
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@RichardMeister (5328)
• Otis Orchards, Washington
23 Jul 17
@JamesHxstatic Yes, I started out with a little hop and found I landed in the same spot. So each time I jumped I jumped higher. But I kept coming down almost from where I jumped from. Logically one would think if something is moving underneath them when they jump up then they would not land anywhere near where they jumped up on the moving object. But I'm guessing being in motion with the object that is moving keeps you in motion when you jump up. We both know if you jump up on, say a rug, and someone pulls the rug away while you are in the air you will land where the rug was and not where it was pulled to. So it was quite interesting to find if I jumped up in a moving vehicle that I would land in the same spot. Have you ever seen someone toss a ball up in a moving vehicle? The ball comes down where it went up if it is thrown straight up. I guess it's the same principle.
@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
22 Jul 17
Oh poor ospreys..
Yes hope she has learned some valuable lesson now.
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@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
22 Jul 17
No, but he could have been wet, since they dive to scoop fish off or near the surface of lakes and rivers.
@Morleyhunt (21737)
• Canada
22 Jul 17
Are you saying that pulling a wagon (with children on board) is frowned on? It reallly did sound like fun.
I watched my children toboggan down a flight of stairs in a cardboard box.....I even allowed it a second time (so hubby could watch) before sternly telling them this wasn't an approved sport.
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@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
23 Jul 17
With a car on a public street, quite different. Being charged with reckless endangerment is pretty serious.
@Morleyhunt (21737)
• Canada
23 Jul 17
@JamesHxstatic my answer was tongue in cheek. I see things happening in roads that would turn my hair gray (except it's already gray) and it always shocks me how some people can be so oblivious to the risks they are taking.
@celticeagle (159021)
• Boise, Idaho
23 Jul 17
I hope this mom learned her lesson. Sad about the osprey being electrocuted.
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@marguicha (215428)
• Chile
22 Jul 17
Seven days in jail is very small punishment for such a stupid behaviour. At 27, you´d think that she had grown up.
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@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
23 Jul 17
It was not much punishment, I agree. I hope they keep a close eye on her.
@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
23 Jul 17
It did seem like a strange decision for an adult parent to make.
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@inertia4 (27961)
• United States
23 Jul 17
@JamesHxstatic It is strange. I get the idea behind it and the concept. But in a moving vehicle on a public street? Well, that is just wrong.
@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
23 Jul 17
i wonder about how the children will think about all these, what/how it was all explained to them.
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@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
23 Jul 17
Good question, like where is mommy? I hope they will be okay.
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@Freelanzer (10745)
• Canada
23 Jul 17
I am glad the mom is out of jail and hopefully she learned a valuable lesson and we have all done stupid things in our lives and this one was really stupid.
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@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
23 Jul 17
Yes, I hope she will think more carefully about "fun."
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@teamfreak16 (43421)
• Denver, Colorado
23 Jul 17
Oh man, that's awful about the bird.
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@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
23 Jul 17
Yes, Scott, I was sorry to hear that.
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@LadyDuck (458091)
• Switzerland
23 Jul 17
I hope that this irresponsible mother learnt a lesson, during the six days in jail she surely had time to think about how stupid has been what she did... well may be she needs to go back to school and learn common sense.
I am very sorry for the baby Osprey, another irresponsible mother.
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@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
23 Jul 17
I hope so too. Sad about the bird.
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@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
23 Jul 17
Hey, it's what I do, 
Not always thank heavens.
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@JudyEv (325758)
• Rockingham, Australia
2 Aug 17
What a pity about the fledgling. It can be hard to keep kids safe.
