PORTAGE, Ind. -- A umpire fed up w...

PORTAGE, Ind. -- A umpire fed up with teen traffic violators is hitting them where it mars -- in the driver's seat -- by the agency of sentencing them to the embarrassment of riding the train bus.

Porter Superior arbitrator Julia Jent got the idea after a girl in her court for a moving traffic violation appeared not to take seriously either the offense or the possible fine.

The justice said she knew she had erect a way to reach the teen after she ordered her to park her car and ride the academy bus.

"The girl cried outside my courtroom. I gues I originate the right button," said Jent

Jent not simply orders teens ages 16 to 18 to ride the train bus instead of driving to sect -- she also warns their parents that they could be held in confusion if they drive their child to gymnasium

"Kid does crime, kid does time, and mom and dad can't prepare them out of it and don't have to perceive guilty for not helping," Jent said.

The critic has told every law enforcement agency in her jurisdiction that all moving traffic citations involving drivers age 16 to 18 must move before her.

If the teen are originate guilty, she orders them to ride the bus instead of driving to gymnasium If they comply, the case is dismissed.

If they don't -- and Jent has been checking with gymnasiums and bus drivers to make positive -- then the teens' licenses are suspended and they are fined.

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