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On the drive home from Target tonight my kids urged me to go faster on the freeway than I ever should. So I told my kids about Kyle Busch getting his license taken away for speeding, and they had a couple of questions.

#1: Who is Kyle Busch?

Well kids, he’s the jackass race car driver who thinks he’s special, you know like the people who park next to the curb at the grocery store while they run in to buy whatever it is that people with fancy cars buy.

“Ah”, said the oldest, “he must have an expensive car”.

Righty-o chap. He does have that.

Kyle says he was test driving a new Lexus and got carried away and he’s sorry for his ” lack of judgment”.  Oh, it’s okay Kyle. I’m sure you didn’t mean to do it.

#2: How fast was he going?

He was driving 128 mph in a 45 mph zone. Yes, kids, he was driving super fast. In fact he was driving 33 mph over the “reckless” driving statute in North Carolina. That is a mere 83 mph over the posted speed limit.

Kyle only had his license suspended for 45 days. If it was me, they would have locked me up and thrown away the key, no matter how many times I said I was an excellent driver. Just because he drives fast cars for a living doesn’t mean that he should be driving a fast car on the mean streets of the city or the suburbs or even a country road. He’s just another dumb son of a gun who thinks he’s invincible and gets away with it.

#3: Does he still get to race cars?

Yes, kids. Yes he does.

How does that work? You get your driver’s license suspended, but you can still drive? I don’t get it.

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