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Well she should have been.
Oh, is that a fact now?
For starters, someone who is old enough and qualified enough would not have needed to test drive for the first time a low vehicle at low speeds on a public road.
We still don't know the circumstances of the accident. Allowing a small child to operate such vehicle on a public road is every bit as reckless and dangerous as driving over the drink limit. In many cases, far more reckless and dangerous in fact.
Even if the driver is as sober as a holy man in the North Pole, how exactly do you expect anyone to spot a quad bike behind a Range Rover (the vehicle the father of the child himself was driving)?
The Range Rover was being driven by the suspected drunk I thought?
When it comes down to it, it could have just have easilly been a pushbike the girl was riding and she'd still be dead.
If it turns out that the driver was pissed then the responsibilty has to lie with her. You can argue all sorts of points but what you can't deny is that alcohol effect your judgement and slows down your reactions.
I live in the country, in a place where animals exist on the road day and night and cyclists are very common. You have to be prepared and drive within the limits of what you can see.
Not if the woman was drunk surely?
Stupid to be allowed to ride one of those quad bikes at that age. Theyre totally unsuitable for children, especially a bloody seven year old ffs and on a public road - an accident waiting to happen.
Of course its the drunk drivers fault mainly but the parents have to take some blame for this cos its a fucking stupid thing to let a seven year old do, or buy for them in the first place.
I say its the parents fault. The driver may have been over the limit but she may not have been 'drunk' as such. Apart from the child being so young, and illegally allowed to drive on the road, it looks more like a parental slip up. Harsh - but true.
Quad bikes can be very dangerous, but many that you get for children have some decent saftey measures, like kill chords.
I used to ride a quad at that age on the forest and they can be quite safe if your taught how to use them properly.
Woudl you say the same if it had been a pushbike she was riding?
this is a seven year old ffs. My boy is nearly seven. I cant IMAGINE someone thinking it was ok to let a kid his age ride one of those things, or even a pushbike on a road at that age tbh.
People should be able to skip down the road with their eyes closed too, because drivers should always be in control of their cars, but they damn well arent, and if you dont take care, youll be dead
If true, I look forward to the comments of those who argued only a drunk driver could have caused such accident and how there was nothing wrong with the child being on the road in the first place.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=504711&in_page_id=1770&ct=5
The article clearly states:
The parents of a seven-year-old girl killed in a quad bike crash on a country road may face criminal charges.
The driver, a 28-year-old woman, stopped but went home believing Elizabeth had sustained only cuts and bruises. Later tests on her for drink and drugs proved negative.
So what is it going to be next? The driver must clearly have been at fault even if she was not drunk...
The article does say that the little girl lost control and drove into the path of the Land Rover, if that was the case then surely the woman can't be to blame, it was just a tragic accident.
It's probably just going to be the case of whether or not the parents should be charged. I think losing their daughter is enough of a punishment already though.
Hmm, little girl loses control of a quad bike and careers into the path of an oncoming vehicle. Something tells me that the fact that it was an unsuitable and illegal vehicle was a factor then.
Yes, it's a tragic accident but come on guys - we can't wrap kids up in bubblewrap. Kids get hit on the roads every week, and from what I can see being on the quad was not a factor in her being killed.
Also, the only reason I hypothesised that the lady may be DUI was because she was arrested / charged or something. I never said she was.
Not even the bit about a kid on a vehicle she was not used to driving into the path of an oncoming car? If that's true, then surely the vehicle in question and her inexperience using it are direct factors in her death?
Is a pushbike illegal on a road?
Not all roads, no. But some certainly. I think her father probably made a judgement on which roads were safe or not. None of us know the particular road so it's hard for us to say yes or no. But definately a fair few kids play about on 'public roads' and I know I have. This doens't mean going up to town or whatnot, but round where I've lived.
It's easy to make assumptions but there is every chance that it had no consequence she was on a quad, and it was simply 'a tragic accident' as the police have described it.
When something goes wrong, everyone always wants someone to blame. It's going to get to the point where if a kid falls over in the street 'WHERE WERE THE PARENTS?!?!' will be cried from all corners (of the internet).
yes theyre paying for it but the child is whos paid the highest price, and i think saying "well theyve lost their child, thats punishment enough" implies that the only tragedy here is the fact a parent has lost a child, when the child is the one thats lost their life through their parents utter stupidity.
You wouldnt buy a seven year old a gun and then be surprised when it shoots itself, so why buy it a 40mph vehicle, let it ride it on the road and then blame someone else when the child loses control and gets hit.