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Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet
You need to be 16 and have a license too
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For an e scooter?
are you getting confused with a mo-ped?
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Originally Posted by Toy Soldier
I was going to say I place more judgement on any adult (if there is one) who aquired the scooter for him and/or continued to allow him to ride it.
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That's very judgemental and I don't agree. We don't know what the parents have or haven't said. I don't think it's fay to pass such flippant judgement like that.
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Originally Posted by Toy Soldier
Obviously truly tragic for this lady and for her family and friends, but I have to say I do have some sympathy for the kid involved. He is after all just a kid and this will, most likely, be something that affects him for the rest of his life.
I don't say that lightly either; my own grandmother was killed by a teenage driver who came into town over the speed limit, over a blind hill and knocked her down (she died of complications from a head injury a few months later). He was fully to blame for the accident and I'd say behaving in a significantly more reckless manner than the kid in this story, and a few years older, AND having passed a driver's test so far fewer excuses. And it triggered a knock-on effect that saw my mum descend into poor mental health/alcoholism that ultimately killed her, too. But I nonetheless have sympathy for even him. When there's no malice involved and it's someone so young, it's just an all-round ****ed up situation.
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That's sad.
As for this young boy, yes I feel sympathy, it's a sad situation all around. Immature and niave.... The fact he rang for an ambulance says a lot.
I am guessing that he could face a MUDA manslaughter charge with detention in a YOI until 18 then continue the sentence in a prison depending on how long the sentence is... That's if he does get one and whether it be ruled manslaughter or not.
He'll have to live with the guilt for the rest of his life though and the family will have to deal with the grief. Sad all around