We'll let Ms. Kessler herself explain her reasons for creating this sticker:

We lived in Ohio when my other children were learning to drive. And when we moved to Georgia, oh, the traffic. I think everyone would agree, Georgia drivers are pretty crazy. I was so worried about Donne learning how to drive with all this traffic. So I got started thinking, what can I do to keep him safe? I didn't know at the time that car accidents were the No. 1 killer of teens.

Followed by:

I was a nervous driver with the traffic, and I thought, how am I going to let this kid get on the highway? I've got to do something about this. … I've got to put something on the car that lets everybody know that he's just learning how to drive. So we worked on a design. I wanted to have something positive, so instead of saying "New Driver," or something that the child would be embarrassed about, we said "Newly Licensed."

That magnet, like the one you see above is now on her sons car, and some 15,000 other perpetually terrified parents have bought magnets for their own kids from Kessler. Her non-profit, the "Caution and Courtesy Driver Alliance" has now found a sympathetic ear in the Georgia senate who will sponsor a bill to make such magnets or decals legally required for teens, punishable by a fine should the kids remove them. Would somebody please think of the children! (...and Ms. Kessler's bank account!) [Atlanta Journal-Constitution via TheCollegeDriver]

Photo credit: Phil Skinner / Atlanta Journal-Constitution

The challenges to the statute came from an idiot who was pulled over for a Tweety Bird air freshener hanging from his mirror, apparently put there to cover the odor of an open pint of Hennessy, cocaine, a loaded gun, the lack of drivers license and the stench of stupidity, which police found after a search of the car. Following conviction on drug and firearms charges, the idiot challenged the circumstances of the initial arrest, claiming the law against review mirror junk was unconstitutional, which is what initially gave officers probable cause.

A part of us likes the argument, giving officers an invitation into your car for something so stupid invites abuse, but nonetheless the law exists. A Federal circuit court found the law dubiously written and after consultation with the attorney general's office upheld the law and the convictions against the idiot, who is now serving 15 years for rampant stupidity. [Detroit Free Press]

Miss Relic was out at a St. Vincent De Paul back in September when she managed to smash into an unsuspecting Honda Civic. The trouble was she didn't have a license, as it had been revoked because of medical reasons. Turns out that was only one of 78 times she'd been in court, whether due to traffic incidents or tangling with neighbors. Yeah, that's a bit much.

Seems the court system finally got tired of dealing with Luba and leveled a ban on her driving until the year 2999. On that news, Miss Relic got testy with the Magistrate, who added on another year for her back talk, bringing the final date up to the year 3000. We expect this salty old lady to stick around until then just to spite the system.

[via News.co.au]