MoViNg tO tHe sUbUrB/cOuNtRySiDe fOr tHe kIdS

A woman who saw him walking alongside the road—speed limit: 25 in some places, 35 in others—asked him if he was OK. He said yes.

Nevertheless, she called the police.

Traitor.

The plan (from child protective services) would also require Patterson to download an app onto her son's phone allowing for his location to be monitored.

If I were the child, I'd forget my phone at home very often. A town like that probably has a no-phone school anyways.

People don't care about children apparently. Spatial appropriation is an important aspect of childrens' development. Children cannot lobby for themselves in the same way most adult social groups can do.

Seems less to do with cars and more to do with citizen/government stupidity:

"It's not quite a mile from his house."

Looks like Georgia DOES have a "Reasonable Childhood Independence" law...

https://letgrow.org/states/

not quite a mile from his house

It wasn't even far. They live on 16 acres, he could be just as far into the woods and still be on their property.

very funny to see this coming from Reason, a libertarian rag that hates public transit

1. The State requires Adults to be responsible for Children until they are at the end of the age of Legal custody, these ages vary, but it's usually 18 years old

2. It it very difficult for The State to determine which activities done without Adult supervision are safe for children, I mean, just look at the Catholic Church

3. The State is a hammer, everything it sees is a nail

"terminal car-brain" 😂 you guys'll pathologize anything

Dear Santa, for Christmas this year I want a deck of Internet meme psychology tarot cards. The Narcissist. The Gas Lighter. The Driver. I have not been a good boy, thank you for understanding.