For context: a father teaching his 12 yo kid to drive. The kid pushed the gas pedal, couldn't stop, went through the railway fence, hit the rails and jumped on the platform. On Christmas day. Train traffic was interrupted for 4 hours
Article (in Italian): https://www.milanotoday.it/cronaca/auto-stazione-cesano-boscone-binari.html
Damn. Rocketed several feet after hitting a wall at 90°?
Glad I wasn't in the passenger seat.
as in he reversed througj the fence and onto the platform edge? Or he he hit the gas and the car lurched forward and jumped the track?
There's a reason why a driving instructor car have extra brake pedal, just so this kind of stuff won't happen.
Fuck cars and all but like I feel like we already largely agree on the appropriate safeguards for this and they involve not letting children operate, like, any heavy machinery.
Like yeah this wouldn't happen if the kid were on a bike but also this could happen if the kid were in a treaded excavator and we aren't arguing to ban those.
The parents should pay for all the delayed train tickets.
How tf do you even end up like that?
It's better to be taught than trained.
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