Recent comments in /f/Connecticut

NoHopeOnlyDeath t1_jdgul99 wrote

Tuttle Ave from Hamden / Cheshire through the orchards and woods to Wallingford. Same answer as it was in the mid-00's, the last time I went randomly driving around in the middle of the night.

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FuturesPassed t1_jdgq9d7 wrote

Nowadays, if I'm driving late at night I'm coming home from out of state. Most of the fun roads I know of look best during the day and the right season.

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AA206 t1_jdgicte wrote

Family member of the children has been trying to get the real story out and is being silenced by other family members. The parents were literally trafficking these children

Post by family member:

This has been the longest week. My cousins were involved ina horrific accident. Their parents pulled them out of school a few years ago, and been sending then to New Jersey and New York as unaccompanied minors to panhandle for money. This weekend. Their parents sent them to New Jersey from Connecticut to panhandle by themselves. They gave the unlicensed 16 year old the keys to a car rental, and put him and the 17 year old in charge of the smaller children and told them they can't come back until they met a certain quota. They asked to come home early but they didn't make enough money to satisfy the adults. It was around 12:20am when the car hit a boulder then a tree on the highway killing 5 out of the 6 children in the car. My family is trying to bury the story out of shame and embarrassment. They may get away with trafficking their children. The they raised over $60,000 on go fund me. They started the go fund me a few hours after they found out the kids died. They don't need the go fund me because their bodies burned in the car crash after the car caught on fire. They'll most likely hold a ceremony without a funeral home because a full funeral isn't required because the state already cremated their remains for free. Other family members are trying to keep me silent because they want a cut of the money. There's 5 other children in the home. Cps has yet to step in and do something about it.

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tallbro t1_jdgd3os wrote

Fairfield is getting crazy. Regularly see people do 45-60 down 25’s. I see some cops get them, but vast majority seem to continue it daily.

Per the cops I do know, traffic enforcement is down anecdotally as it isn’t worth the trouble.

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Viligans t1_jdga3tf wrote

Assuming they work like they have in other areas (which I believe they will), some possible impacts:

Health system: Fewer emergency calls & OD responses, meaning fewer people using ambulances & ER beds.

Finances: Save folks from the bills for emergency treatment (or reduce the state's burden if they're on state aid). Lack of hospitalization also cuts down on their sick time use and/or stops them from getting fired for missing work, helping their financial stability.

Personal health: Fewer ODs = more people alive, less scattered needles, fewer needle-transmitted diseases, greater access to resources to get clean.

Ethics: Regardless of your stance on drug use, someone who's using is gonna use. If these places stops some overdoses, it saves whoever would've found their body from having that trauma or discomfort burned into their brain.

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All in all...not a bad idea to explore.

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SectorZed t1_jdga3e1 wrote

Not route 2. Any chance I get to shit on route 2 I take it. That’s the worst highway in the state if you’re goal is to stay awake behind the wheel. Zero lights, long winding turns…

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TriStateGirl t1_jdg6ua4 wrote

A gym teacher in my town had to resign from his coaching position because some of the players kept getting into trouble. Some of them were even arrested. How that fell on him, and not their parents is beyond me. These were high school kids, so honestly, they were.old enough to know better as well. I was an adult when this happened, and by now they would be too. I hope they at least feel bad for the outcome of their immature actions.

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milton1775 t1_jdg0e7s wrote

How has "society" offloaded onto parents? What is this "society" that is supposed to raise, discipline, and educate children in lieu of parents? If anything, its the other way around.

A lot of us in "society" are sick of the problem children and adoleacents not being raised by their parents. The juveniles stealing cars and joyriding wrecklessly on the roads, the gangs of young men riding around like @ssholes on atvs and dirtbikes, the physical violence being perpetuated by a growing number of youth...all who now face little consequence from our justice system.

If we tried to ingrain the "success sequence" and some tried and true moral virtue into youth it might go a long way. But the romantic progressives hate that.

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