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Backpacker7385 t1_jcx0mm3 wrote

Reply to comment by Single_T in 5 Minors Killed in New York Crash Are Related, Recently Moved to Derby: Superintendent by Jawaka99

You think an 8 year old and a 9 year old (who was riding in the trunk) being driven around by a sixteen year old, after midnight with no adults, is “being kids”?

Kids need some supervision, or this happens.

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Single_T t1_jcx2nif wrote

Yes I do. As someone who was once a kid, I can tell you with confidence that kids are stupid, and no amount of adult supervision will stop that. What they were doing was already illegal so changing the laws wont stop them, and if we keep trying harder to shut kids in they will just keeping new tide pod challenges to let their stupidity out.

Again it's very sad that it happened, but car crashes happen all the time whether you're 16 or 64. The only way to make them happen is to give kids more places worth going out to just be kids that give them less opportunities to get into situations like this.

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Last-Instruction739 t1_jcxbpr4 wrote

Hey I was once a kid too!

Nice to finally find someone else who has a similar background.

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Mycatreallyhatesyou t1_jcywu2b wrote

Adult supervision would have absolutely stopped an unlicensed 16 year old from driving a bunch of children around in the middle of the night. The most minuscule amount of supervision would have prevented this.

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Single_T t1_jcz5tke wrote

That may be true but I think its an entirely unreasonable assumption to think that a 16 year old will always have adult supervision. For example, I could reasonably trust a 16 year old to babysit younger kids, and if they had a car I could also reasonably trust them to drive themselves to and from babysitting those kids depending on the situation. I dont think this is the place to continue having this discussion because it is a sensitive and tragic situation. My thoughts and prayers are with the family, and I am going to leave it at that

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Mycatreallyhatesyou t1_jczhy90 wrote

Because you’re wrong. The kid didn’t have his license and shouldn’t have had access to a car to begin with.

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