[ChemistCat]

I'm so protective of my children. I can't imagine letting my children operate a snowmobile, let alone on their own without supervision.

At the same time I mourn the freedom I had as a child, which my children don't have.

I'm sorry for the parents and for their losses. I'm also sorry for the poor judgment that put children on motor vehicles. I know this could have happened if they were older, too, but it would be less likely--as we get older, we pay attention to things like roads going over hills, where oncoming traffic wouldn't be able to see.

The driver of the truck has something to carry with him forever that I don't think he deserves. If he wasn't cited I'm sure he wasn't going unreasonably fast.

[skraeling]

I can't imagine letting my children operate a snowmobile, let alone on their own without supervision.

Agreed, but the problem here seems to be allowing them to play on a hilly public road. No excuse for that, without guarding that road at both ends.

[Eva]

My husband wouldn't even allow my son to drive the lawn mower until he was fourteen, he had to use the push mower.