Wrong side driving social media stunt

Even before these teenage social media encouraged stunts, there has always been a steady stream of young men and teenagers killing themselves recklessly driving. They own an old banger or borrow a parents car and show off to friends then go off the road and drive into trees or go down embankments or into rivers.

Usually they only kill and/or injure themselves and their friends, but these last two accidents have had innocent casualties as well. Two policemen killed in England, 3/4 people seriously injured in Ireland.

But this sort of reckless driving down roads has always been with us. 45 years ago three youths, chased by the police drove the wrong way down a dual carriageway and hit a car containing a family. The two children in the back were killed, the parents in the front permanently disabled.

One of the children was a playgtound friend of DS. The effect of these accidents cause ripples that spread far beyond the families of those directly involved. DS was profoundly affected by this accident and I sometimes wonder if it is entirely coincidental that my DDiL experienced a similar tragedy which deeply affected her.

A loss of any sort of moral sense.
The perpetrators in these two recent crashes are dead I believe so the factors that led to them committing such appalling crimes cannot be exposed, but there needs to be a widespread enquiry into the causes of such hideous beliefs and the gang mentality behind it.
As always, where are the parents of these feral children?

Margs

Do teenage boys - it's always boys - possess minds? I think not.

We have these groups of teenage morons, one of them (amazingly) passes a driving test and immediately the gang piles into a wreck of a car and set off to go pure crazy.

I'd suggest that those of the male gender not be allowed on the roads until they reach sensible middle age.......but I suppose that would be trampling on their 'yoomin rites, like'

Think we should follow Australia, where there are restrictions on new young drivers having other young people in the car, apart from siblings.

Just seems very sensible to me.

I agree with everyone here.
How does it even cross their idiotic minds to deliberately plan and execute this stunt?
So tragic.

Tik Tok needs to be banned in the UK immediately!

It's massive suicide.

When I was a teenager in the 1960s the thrill for teenage boys was to "do a ton" 100mph on a motorbike. I heard of several who died. They killed themselves but didn't take others with them.

This current TikTok challenge is another level of stupidity altogether.

RIP

Do teenage boys - it's always boys - possess minds? I think not.

We have these groups of teenage morons, one of them (amazingly) passes a driving test and immediately the gang piles into a wreck of a car and set off to go pure crazy.

I'd suggest that those of the male gender not be allowed on the roads until they reach sensible middle age.......but I suppose that would be trampling on their 'yoomin rites, like'

BBC News - Car carrying eight teenagers crashes on wrong side of motorway
www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c80nj1n22g1o

This was two weeks ago.
One of the teenagers in that car has apparently been killed in the incident this weekend.

BBC News - Boy, seven, among four injured after crash that killed five teenagers
www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce8lx172kero

This similar incident happened in Ireland last weekend.

BBC News - Two police officers among seven killed in A66 wrong-way car crash - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx272ly3g00o

Absolute carnage.

Bukkie

Sarnia- I can't believe what I am reading, is this horrific statement really true? What senseless behaviour. My heart goes out to all the victims.

Sadly, yes. Wrong way driving is a TikTok challenge, can you believe it? It needs closing down in my humble opinion.

Sarnia- I can't believe what I am reading, is this horrific statement really true? What senseless behaviour. My heart goes out to all the victims.

It’s unbelievable isn’t it?

I really can’t understand what goes on in the minds of the boys who think it’s a fun thing to do