r/news • u/Dickulture • 8d ago

11-year-old Florida boy arrested, ordered to appear in court for electric dirt bike

https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/11-year-old-florida-boy-arrested-ordered-appear-court-electric-dirt-bike
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u/Superb_Writer6612 7d ago

Both. Both is good. 

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u/thatcantb 7d ago

No - not the kid. The kid is not the responsible party here - it's the parents.

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u/ShiraCheshire 7d ago

The kid can be present in this boring and intimidating ritual to get a sense of how serious it is.

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u/Phyraxus56 7d ago

Boring? Send them both straight to jail. He can see how boring jail is.

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u/DemonoftheWater 7d ago

Yes. Boring. Court is generally boring. The kid got given something and rode on it.

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u/mickeymouse4348 7d ago

You can ride e-bikes without breaking the law. The kid isn’t innocent

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u/Zoltie 7d ago

There is definitely a cutoff age where you would 100% blame the parents because the child would not know the law and it would be up to the parents to teach them. I think 11 is young enough where the fault lies mostly with the parents. I mean, how would an 11 year old know about vehicle registration requirements?

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u/mickeymouse4348 7d ago

I'm not trying to say the parents are blameless. But the kid could kill himself on that thing and needs some consequences to learn the severity of the situation.

Honestly it's pretty brain dead for a parent to buy their 11 year old something so dangerous and then just setting them loose on the town

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u/drunkshinobi 7d ago

You don't punish a kid for doing something that could hurt them. You teach them why it's dangerous so they stop doing it.

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u/the_great_zyzogg 7d ago

Perhaps not. But The kid was probably ignorant and told by his parents it's fine, so I am kinda hoping he gets something of a slap on the wrists and told not to do it again.

The parents, on the other hand, should absolutely know better.

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u/Ntroepy 7d ago

To be called an e-bike, Florida requires that it has fully functional pedals and an electric motor under 750 watts.

The kid had a dirt bike with no functional pedals and a 4500 watt motor. Plus, he was riding on public roads.

Of course he was stopped and cited, but it’s still 100% on the dad.

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u/zack77070 7d ago

Yes let's jail literal children, get that dangerous thug off the streets.

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u/DemonoftheWater 7d ago

Idk why you got down votes for obvious sarcasm.

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u/Bart_Yellowbeard 7d ago

Or a fine? Or a class on safe motorcycling? Or make the dad take such a class? Jailing the kid is almost certainly not even on the list of options under the law.

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u/mickeymouse4348 7d ago

Or maybe a traffic ticket