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Charges filed against mother, son in 4-year-old's death
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If you had read any of the articles or really knew any information, you would know that the child, Cooper, was supervised. His mother was there the whole time. And had to watch the whole incident take place. Next time pay more attention to what your reading before you make your comments!
When you are driving a car in a residential area you are always responsbile to look out for people on the street.
You are always at fault if you hit someone with your car in a residential area.
You are the driver, if you can not handle the responsibiity then do not drive.
There is NO excuse for letting an unlicensed teenager drive! Not to mention no insurance. Both are against the law and certainly contributed to this case significantly more than any "negligence" on the part of the mother.
My parents always made us walk our bikes across the street until we were old enough to drive, I'll do the same with my kids.
I also learned decades ago in drivers ed, that it's never the pedestrian's fault. The pedestrian always has the right of way.
Did the mom know the unlicensed driver took the car, why wasn't he with an adult when it happened. Did the 15 year old get sent on an errand by the mom irresponsibly? It is entirely possible he didn't see the child who was riding a bike no doubt low to the ground. While he's still at fault it wasn't a malicious running down.
People shouldn't throw stones at the teen, it doesn't support the grieving family. It makes things more difficult from them.