[GovernmentShrinker]

They were in a parking lot. Traffic laws do not apply.

You should check state law on that. While few if any states have restrictions on driving without a license on truly private property (i.e. kids driving on their family's farm), most DO apply licensing and various other traffic/vehicle requirements to driving on public property (such as the public high school parking lot that these two started out in), and to quasi-public property, such as parking lots owned by malls and multi-store shopping centers, where the general public is invited to drive.

And it's not irrelevant that this accident occurred when the driver crossed a PUBLIC road intersection, before crashing into adjacent private residential property.

[acad1228]

And it's not irrelevant that this accident occurred when the driver crossed a PUBLIC road intersection, before crashing into adjacent private residential property.

True. And that is where the parent becomes culpable.

[beezdotcom]

And it's not irrelevant that this accident occurred when the driver crossed a PUBLIC road intersection, before crashing into adjacent private residential property.

True, but if the original incident (loss of control) took place on private property, a good lawyer could argue that everything afterwards was beyond the control of the occupants.

Axel Foley: Disturbing the peace? I got thrown out of a window! What's the f****n' charge for getting pushed out of a moving car, huh? Jaywalking?