Motorized vehicles (bikes, scooters, etc) for children

[SueBee]

I just read a sad news article about a 13 year old California boy dying because he was riding a two-wheeled motorized device, wasn’t able to stop in time and was hit by a train. I just don’t understand how anyone thinks the speed and power of any of these vehicles is necessary for a child, and how anyone could think a youngster has the wherewithal to handle them, make decisions, react in time, etc. Am I the only one wondering what is wrong with people these days???

There was another article, also Southern California, about an elderly man being run down by a teenager on one of those things… and the mom had been warned previously that her son was being reckless. Now that poor old man is in the hospital and who knows if he’ll recover.

 

[Time Waits 4 No Man]

I just read a sad news article about a 13 year old California boy dying because he was riding a two-wheeled motorized device, wasn’t able to stop in time and was hit by a train. I just don’t understand how anyone thinks the speed and power of any of these vehicles is necessary for a child, and how anyone could think a youngster has the wherewithal to handle them, make decisions, react in time, etc.

THE VICTIM: 13 YEAR OLD REIS BECK

UNSAFE AT ANY SPEED?

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[Aunt Bea]

Definitely a tragic story but I think that it depends on the kid and the circumstances that they were raised under.

I grew up in farm country and there were many kids driving tractors, trucks, handling firearms, chainsaws, power tools, snowmobiles, dirt bikes, etc… when they were still in elementary school.