Jacob Calland was riding an e-scooter with a friend before it collided with a car in Wythenshawe, Manchester, back in March.
Illegal scooter, ridden unsafely...
Carly described her son as "very loving, headstrong, and a cheeky chappy".
Translation: A feral nightmare in the neighbourhood.
"He knew what he wanted in life and he was always going to go for it," she said.
So, a typical modern teenager, brimming with undeserved self-esteem and indulged in this attitude by his family (and by family, it seems the only one eager to ralk to the press is the mother, there's no mention of a father, which could be another clue)
In conversations with Jacob, the mum said she had warned him not to get on e-bikes or electric scooters, because "he didn't have road sense on his feet never mind on something as powerful as these things".
Another hallmark of the modern teenager, the lack of concept of personal danger. So there's very little mystery here, I feel as if this is a story I've read time and again. Of course, it wouldn't be a modern tale of woe without a demand for someone else to DO SOMETHING! And so, right on cue:
Carly has now called for stricter regulations and safety measures for e-scooters and said "if I can save one life it is going to be worth it".
Not if its the sort of life this waste of oxygen was living...
Alongside her calls for e-scooter licences and a ban on their sale to children, Carly wants to see more safety equipment on the vehicles. She said: "When we get in a car we have to wear a seat belt. Why when they get on the e-scooters do they just get to go on them with no helmets [and] no safety equipment?"
This little shit clearly ignored all the existing legislation governing these machines, what good would even more have done?
Carly also wants stricter punishments for those breaching e-scooter laws. The heartbroken mum said: "You think it is never going to be you. I thought the same. I never thought that my son was going to die on an e-scooter.
It would appear you never thought, full stop. And you appear to have passed that trait on to your offspring.
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"Carly also wants stricter punishments for those breaching e-scooter laws"
Dunno, but I'd've thought death was a fairly strict punishment. I wonder what potential punishment she has in mind that she thinks would have stopped him breaching e-scooter laws?
Where did he get it from?
Stonyground.
More laws! Not far from here a speed limit was reduced to 40mph from 50mph as a response to a teenaged kamikaze. He killed himself and three others when he found the limit of his driving ability the hard way. The police analysis showed that he entered the 50mph zone at more than 70mph; it might not have mattered if he'd managed to negotiate the easy bend waiting about 200 yards later. Hardly marked the trees at all . . .
I think the record here is 4 kids on one of these scooters, plus a broken leg of the young girl who couldn't get out of the way in time. All 4 ran off when a witness seized the scooter, presumably to give it to the Police officer who attended. No idea if it was ever claimed. Some say it's a shame there's not a hunting season for e-scooter riders in towns.
Penseivat
Was it the fault of the police?
Jaded
Darwin helping us out again.
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