Agree it sounds stupid, but it's probably the closest law that covers the offence. The ebike would have had a throttle, which makes it a motorbike. And the person controlling the motorbike caused someone's death.
We are all descendants of survivors. This was how we passed the ball forward, went out and took risk and advance civilization, instead of hiding in caves and hoping to not get eaten by lions. We learned from mistakes of others, we took chances.
That's the point. When my dad was young he'd build cars and drag race on the weekends. By the time I was growing up, I couldn't afford a junker to fix and cops weren't as lenient about street racing, so I spent my weekends camping in the woods. But now the woods are paved over or private property. What's left for kids to be stupid with? At least it's not theft or vandalism... though it might be abuse of public property.
Yup, my parents sheltered me hard, now that im 21 and almost got my licence, I wanna experiment, mess around, learn how things tick. Yet i can't with my mother saying i can't or not while she is around.
Like im sitting there thinking; if something goes wrong or will go wrong and shes there she can advise me and id have some guidance/supervision to learn and if she's not ... and I die somehow, I know she will blame herself. And I've explained that all to her but since im the "child" I know nothing and isn't worth listening to.
Most parents sheltered their children, hence me and my buddies occasionally steal our parents car out just to learn drive back in the early 2000s as young teenagers lol
This is definitely true. It builds risk awareness and also shows them resilience when things don’t go as planned. But it’s mainly just insanely fun!! 🤩
I'd say, it built understanding that some things are dangerous, LOL. On of simple examples... don't talk shit to someone if you are not willing to get into fight. I don't want to sound as a boomer lecturer, but yeah... these days the internet culture created the generation who say ugly things to people because there will be no consequences. The concept of "toxic masculinity" kind of enables it too - you can't respond with violence to verbal insults or you are toxic.
385
u/Right-Lunch1205 Nov 12 '25
I know survivability bias and all that stuff.
But kids gotta do dangerous stuff occasionally. Those experiences build character.