Where was the officer’s urging to the parents “TAKE AWAY THAT CAR”?
Now this is one of the few things that would make sense. Most of this is virtue signalling of an old world against a crazy new one.
If he said that, someone would criticize him for butt-ing in Nanny State style. And you don’t know that the parents won’t do that when they find out he got an expensive ticket and likely an insurance surcharge.
You’ve lost me on your old world new world dialogue. I just don’t get it. What this guy did has probably gotten parents to sit down and yet again reiterate to their kids that when they are driving they are in possession of a DEADLY WEAPON. You can never repeat it enough. Good for this guy for giving the reminder.
This was a note to the kid; how do we know there wasn’t an admonition to the parents in a separate form? That said, it’s pretty pathetic if parents have to be told how to raise their kids - that’s the stuff of liberalism.