Trying to kill kids

Ozarker · Jul 14, 2002

I doubt anyone with any common sense would believe this story if I just told it so I added the picture. It is a little fuzzy because I took it with a telephoto lens and then blew it up.

My neighbor decided to build a go cart for his kids and the final product is in the picture. It has a pretty good frame but that's about it. No roll cage, no seat belt, heck.....no seat.

A couple of 10 year old's are driving this death trap all over the area here. They haven't gone in the road yet but I'll bet it is just a matter of time.

Just how stupid are some people anyway?

Inspector507 · Jul 14, 2002

Evidently pretty darned stupid.

s1120 · Jul 14, 2002

Well, I got to say. It does look a step or to above what I made as a kid.

budman72 · Jul 14, 2002

Just proves Darwin was right!!

dgood1 · Jul 14, 2002

The gene pool will probably have a slightly smaller amount in it. If we don't learn from other's mistakes then we have a strong potential to repeat them.

Don

Turfman · Jul 15, 2002

Interesting how the gene pool thins itself. Just be glad they didn't show up to get you kid with it. I know if there were one of these in my neighborhood my 10 year old would figure away to get on it and drive it. You can teach them and one day they just make their own (stupid) decisions.

Turfman

Ozarker · Jul 15, 2002

Fortunately, my kids are grown and gone. But yes, they would have be on it when I wasn't looking.

ronjhall · Jul 15, 2002

Ozarker
Doesn’t look like it has any brakes either. /w3tcompact/icons/crazy.gif

DocHeb · Jul 15, 2002

Their relative representation in the gene pool may not be reduced. Nature sometimes substitutes quantity when quality is lacking. /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

Mrwurm · Jul 15, 2002

Looks like the fuel tank doubles as a seat-back.

Reminds me of when I was a dumb kid. We use to get 8ft diameter O-rings from sewer construction sites and use them as giant rubber bands. We would climb a big oak tree and tie the rubber band up there. We would then take turns sitting in the loop and be pulled back to launch position by about four or five other kids. The flight was great, but you always had to land.