Summary
A nine-year-old boy from Cumbria has been caught by the police while driving a car. When he was breathalyzed, it was also discovered that he had been drinking. Being only nine years old, he was not charged because he is too young to be hold accountable. In the last two years, thousands of underaged children have been arrested for juvenile car crimes. There are now people lobbying for road safety education to be taught in school, so that children will form less of a danger to themselves and others. Children now often do not understand the dangers of driving without a license.
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I think it is quite disconcerting that there are so many underaged children getting behind the wheel. On the surface it is quite funny that a nine-year-old boy was caught both driving a car and doing it drunk, but when looking at the numbers it is clear that there is a real problem. There does not seem to be an easy solution to this, because children already know that taking a joy ride is not the right thing to do. It seems that the best thing to do right now would be to teach more road safety education in schools, so that children will at least not be an extreme danger on the road when taking their parents’ car for a spin.
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