In reading this thread I had a thought that perhaps the grandparents think that "if" they are riding along with the grandchild it will be fine. I don't agree that this is something to be done by an underage child under any circumstance. I'm thinking golf-cart lane along-side the road NOT the path..getting nervous about "something" a car coming along-side or whatever. Children do not have the experience or the common sense yet to react appropriately to any driving situation that could occur. Golf carts are NOT a toy like an electric car a toddler may drive (and I think those are inappropriate as well) Whatever happened to the idea that "waiting for something" is a bad thing (such as the privilege to drive)???
I just heard of a couple whose grandkids are here visiting and one of the children was driving and had a scarey experience. I didn't hear "the rest of the story" on how it played out but knowing this couple I could imagine that afterwards they were laughing about it (and it wasn't funny)..maybe out of relief that a tragedy didn't come out of it.
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