A 16-year-old boy’s death in Mississippi comes weeks after two other minors recently died on the job in Missouri and Wisconsin.
  • Jack@lemmy.caEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    operating heavy machinery with the potential to kill people really shouldn’t be done by 16-year-olds.

    14 year olds can get drivers licenses in South Dakota (source, which of course requires either scripting to view the text or opening the page source).

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Holy shit… my daughter is 13 and I wouldn’t want her behind a steering wheel. Not at her maturity level. But then I also think the drinking age should be 16 and the driving age 18 because a lot of young people get in car crashes due to not understanding what alcohol does to them.

    • PersnickityPenguin@lemm.eeEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      I could too as a farm boy in oregon back in the 90s.

      Its a far cry from operating a log truck or servicing sawmill machinery. Which requires years of experience.