The car accident of an underage teenager. What time do parents have?

Let the authors articulate from the first line - what we call many "teenage accidents." It is not force majeure, but it is family failure, and the governance chosen will overlook the risk.

The data doesn't say veiled because the World Health Organization lists road accidents as the leading cause of death among 15-29-year-olds worldwide; and Thailand is still among the high mortality rates.

While the Department of Disease Control and the Center for Road Safety point out that adolescents are the main risks of speeding, not having a driver's license, and having alcohol involved (Situation Report 2023-2024),

The problem is not just "the child is naughty," but "the child is not ready," which is clearly evidenced. With research from the National Institute of Mental Health and the journal The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health stating that the restraint control brain is fully developed in its late 20s, that translates to adolescent decision-making being inherently high-risk.

What does Thai society do with this fact? No, parents and guardians, how many generations, never because we have a "silent tradition" in some families - when you take the university exam, one car will be delivered as a life reward.

The authors do not say that buying a car for their child is wrong, but data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development make clear that "novice drivers" have an accident risk many times higher, especially the first year.

The problem is that we give dangerous tools to people who don't control them well enough without a serious directing system.

Ask directly without siding. If the child does not have a driver's license but has a car, who allows it? If the child drives fast or goes out at night without control, who lets go? If there is a crime, then someone dies, who should be more responsible?

Thai law is not silent because we have a commercial and commercial code. Section 429 states that parents are liable for the actions of minors unless they prove to be properly supervised.

But in the real world, responsibility often ends in "reparation," and then it is quiet, even though the real impact drags much longer - disability, lost income, and the burden of victims' families (WHO Global Status Report on Road Safety, 2023).

The author sees this as a problem that society does not dare to touch. We do not dare to question parents, but we are more used to the news of the dead.

So the same circuit is repeated

Children Driving → Scene → Sorry → Paid → Quiet → Then Reborn

If the reader still sees this as just a "child's mistake," the author thinks it is too light. It is the result of parenting that is never seriously examined.

Parental responsibility doesn't start after the accident, but it starts from the day you decide to give "freedom" without a "framework."

Contemplate, one day if an accident occurs, the person paying the price may not be your child, but someone who just happens to be on the same road, and they don't deserve to be a lesson for Luk from the lack of consciousness of parents and guardians.

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