How does a 14-year-old find themselves behind the wheel of a car?
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That was the question police faced after they attended a minor accident in Young two weeks ago, only to find the driver was a child.
And just last week police caught a P-plater in Wagga allegedly travelling at 173 kilometres per hour, with four passengers aged from 15 to 18 in the car.
These incidents led Senior Constable Mick Wood of the Cootmundra LAC to urge parents to take more responsibility for their children’s whereabouts.
“As parents we should always know where our kids are and who they are with, we know this is not always possible but again we need to instill in our kids some common sense and explain the dangers of this sort of practice,” he said.
“As police, when these incidents end in disaster, we are the ones who have to come knocking on the door and explain that your son or daughter is no longer with us, this is just as hard for police to say as it is for parents to hear, this is not something we want to have to do.
“…it is time we took more responsibility and interest in where our kids are, who they are with and what they are doing.”