Homestuck Headcanons 3/?: Driving (Alpha Trolls Edition)
Damara: banned from the aux due to sharing an absolutely horrific (read: freaky) playlist with Equius. The only difference is that she blasts it every time she drives. The music is good, but jegus christ Damara how do you keep finding this shit. Also probably killed someone with her car once (on purpose? who knows), but got freaky with the cops, worked her way up to the sheriff, and is now owed many, many favours from essentially all of law enforcement, making her (and anyone she may be with) effectively immune from vehicular manslaughter/murder charges
Rufioh: Got nervous once and crashed his car into a sign. has given up on driving due to anxiety. every time he tries, another sign dies. his car is constantly totalled, though somehow still functional. (From Banana: "Dr. Gerald core") Mituna definitely does not have a collection of all the signs he's destroyed. the police may or may not be after him for this, but they currently have bigger problems (Damara)
Mituna: drove his car into a lake once with everyone inside. whenever he tries to drive, everyone collectively duct-tapes him to a wall, considering his tendency to break everything including himself, with no regard for safety. every time he's in a car---doesn't need to be driving---either it gets totalled or it blows up or something similar. banned from all vehicles now. keeps ending up in the ER with "i lived bitch"-esque texts almost constantly in the group chat. gog damnit Mituna.
Kankri: would refuse to step FOOT in an independently owned vehicle due to morality issues (not everyone can afford a car, bad for the environment, etc.) will only use public transportation, and would always be late, if he didn't leave for everything a minimum of three hours early, as being late is rude. were he to drive, Gamzee and Meenah would team up in putting violent (and offensive to law enforcement) anti-cop bumper stickers all over his car without him noticing. despite following all road safety rules to the letter, he would keep getting pulled over for this. minor infractions have added up to a near ban on his driving, legally. also banned from everyone else's cars, as even in emergencies, he will NOT shut up about people's unsafe driving, offensive music choices, the morality issues previously mentioned, etc. may or may not try to pull the racism card when being pulled over despite a human version definitely being white as fuck. it's not racism. if he's a troll, sure, maybe, but that still isn't the main issue here man.
Meulin: has done so much minor damage to cars (violently hitting curbs, directly going over potholes, etc) that her car looks borderline unusable. she can only drive as a last resort.
Porrim: genuinely has placed ACAB and similar bumper stickers on her car. would be getting her pulled over constantly, if she pulled over. instead, all interactions end with a high-speed car chase, which she always wins. the cops are after her ass, but she will never get caught. law enforcement is slowly accepting that there really is nothing they can do. also speeds incessantly, though has never caused major car/person damage.
Latula: regularly runs red lights and hits trees. no one's gotten hurt from it, but there have been many, many close calls. needless to say, she's been long since banned from driving anyone but herself (should be total driving ban, but everyone's given up on controlling her at this point). also borderline impossible speeding.
Aranea: also follows road safety laws, but actually pays attention and can drive. takes care of her eco-friendly-ish mom van, takes it to get checked when recommended, no issues. Meenah may have stolen it and gotten it struck by lightning once, but there was, some-fucking-how, no damage to the car or fish. plays generally liked music, no issues. overall designated driver, everyone's just accepted that they're going to get story timed should she drive them. adapts to driving different cars relatively quickly.
Horuss: no issues with driving, other than the occasional questionable playlist (which, be honest, everyone has). for some reason, despite doing literally nothing wrong, his car frequently decides to just catch fucking fire for some indiscernible reason. he takes perfect care of his vehicles, fixes them every time, but they're just always inherently suicidal, apparently. It Keeps Happening. has resorted to only riding motorcycles to localise damage to himself as much as possible.
Kurloz: pre-Meulin deafening, broke every law constantly. very dangerous driver, just kept getting lucky with not getting injured/crashing. post-Meulin deafening, became a surprisingly good and safe driver. also now has a mom van for safety reasons---he does not want to risk his friends getting hurt because of him again
Cronus: got pulled over for speeding, tried to flirt with the cops, failed, and got arrested. his friends could pay his bail, though they refused, simply laughing their asses off at his stupidity and misfortune. he was in a holding cell for three days before Rufioh felt bad and went to pick him up, despite having No Fucking Money, making Meenah pay bail so the break-out was legal. legally cannot drive, and banned from driving anyway due to combination of genuinely atrocious playlists (freaky, but also objectively bad music), and unsafe driving. oh, and no one wanting to be near him, alone or otherwise, especially in close proximity.
Meenah: drives an unreasonably expensive sports car, custom paint job, rhinestones, fully customised to Go Fast, etc. has definitely hit at least one cop before. this/these murder/s may or may not have been intentional. it can't be proven. the cops have accepted that they cannot get her, partially due to a vital fear, and the FBI claims it is too stupid to get involved. honestly, they probably should. she's a menace. to be fair, the FBI may not be able to stop her either. somehow, throughout all of this, her car remains pristine and undamaged. and she goes a minimum of 100 mph at all times.