Trouble is that the law is actually causing the problem, and by that I don't mean the police. I mean our government through having unnecessary laws. If it was legal for these 15 year olds to ride a moped, and it should be, they'd be doing just what that lad said, cruising and not bothering anyone.
Just across the channel in France kids can ride 45 kph (28 mph) mopeds at 14, and in six other European countries as well. So the police don't have to chase after them or even follow them, since they are doing nothing wrong.
Those same 14 year olds in France can even drive low powered cars with passengers, limited to 45 kph, and all without a driving licence or driving test. They just need a safety certificate, and they behave since they don't want to lose their safety certificate.
It works for them so it can work for us. If we had that law the three teenagers we are commenting on would be alive today.
The real trouble that I'm illustrating is our nanny state, obsessed with safety perfection, for ever trying to have no accidents at all. To the point of the stupidity of cyclists under 14 unable to even ride a legally restricted pedelec, though they can ride a normal bicycle at any younger age, at any speed, anywhere on the roads.
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