The mum of a Sunshine Coast teen who was tragically killed in a car crash has issued a heartbreaking plea to drivers to think twice before speeding.

Hope Dell was 17 and had just graduated from Caloundra State High School, when the car she was a passenger in slammed into a tree.

To this day the tree is decorated in her memory.

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Hope’s mother, Faye Jennings, recently shared a plea on Facebook to urge drivers not to risk it on the road.

''“I’m sharing this in the hope it gets through to those who choose to disregard the law.”

You’re right behind me – so close that I can’t even see your number plate. I can see you though and I’m sure you can see me glancing at you in my rear view mirror.

Your facial expressions say a lot – I can read the impatience on your face. I can even see your lips moving and your hands leaving the steering wheel as you gesture obscenities towards me.”

If you feel you need to start your day off in this manner then that’s your choice,”'' she said in the post.

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"You see, I drive this same route to work every day. I see you and others like you every morning. Your impatience to get to your destination is evident in your driving. You’re wound up, angry, impatient – all because of me.



You’re making a conscious choice to start your day off this way. I get it.

But what you don’t know is this – I won’t budge over the speed limit.

What you also don’t know is I’m Hope’s mum.

There’s a tree you pass every day – a tree that’s not like the others you pass along this road. It’s to your right just as you approach the roundabout. Through your anger you might recall seeing it. It’s decorated with bright colourful windmills – has little trinkets of love nailed to it – and the last remains of a car beneath it."''

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