How do you keep those pesky kids in line? Well, you don't rely on parents, that's for sure. What you need, you see, is a federal law. Just ask "consumer groups" lobbying for age limit on all-terrain vehicle drivers:
"The key to this whole issue is parental responsibility," [Michael] Mount[, a Specialty Vehicle Institute spokesman] added. "You may have a 6-year-old who's fine to ride and a 12-year-old who's not -- parents need to make that call."
But the Consumer Federation's Weintraub said a mandatory federal law is necessary to ensure safer rides in all states.
"If we just rest all responsibility on parents, nothing is going to change," Weintraub added. "We think the best way to make sure parents act responsibly is to pass a federal law."
Yes, there you go, pass a federal law. And another, and another. Parental responsibility? Pshaw!
Earlier in the same article we find this interesting observation:
"Just because a child has the physical stature to sit comfortably on an ATV, it doesn't mean he has the maturity and judgment to operate an adult-sized ATV," said Dr. Rebecca Brown, a pediatric trauma nurse from Morgantown, West Virginia.
Now besides the question of this woman being both a "Dr." and a "nurse," we ponder the idea that a young person might be physically capable of doing something, yet emotionally or mentally unfit. But when one points to something far more important than ATV driving, say, teen (or pre-teen) sex, for example, we are informed by some that there is a "right to sex."
Hmmm, something to ponder as I drift off to sleep this evening.
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