Archive for 10/17/13
Who Is Responsible?
By : Unknown
Should Dhani the father of a 13-year-old boy who killed 7
people and injured many other be held responsible for his son’s action?
Indonesia is a country with a very
loose law. In Indonesia we can see under aged children driving a vehicle, 11
years old kid driving motor cycle. Not on a neighborhood but on roads, and ones
with lots of cars and packed while speeding. This action is very dangerous and
careless, with undeveloped mind and mental they are not stable emotionally. It
might seem cool and wicked to be driving or riding a motor vehicle to their
friends, but those things are not worth the consequence that can happen.
Many cases have been reported about
minors with no driving license, injuring or even killing people. 13 year-old Abdul
Qodir Jaelani , son of a very popular Indonesian singer and song composer had
made all those consequence come to life. With 7 dead and many other injured, he
now understands the consequence of driving underage is very serious. The
accident that happened at the Jagorawi highway was a turning point for Dul’s
life. For parents not noticing that their children drive is impossible, and so
I agree that Ahmad Dhani Prasetyo, father of Abdul Qodir Jaelani is held
responsible and is one to be blamed.
Dhani was solely responsible for
letting a minor drive a car that he purchased for his underaged children. This
reflects how irresponsible Dhani was towards his son. Although Dhani have
appointed a driver for Dul. But Dul had asked his driver to go on a holiday.
And it is impossible for a driver leave just like that without any approval
from his boss. This would mean that Dhani was aware that Dul’s driver was on holiday,
and because of that Dhani should have paid more attention to his underage son,
because at any time Dul can go out of house and leaves without any
notifications while driving on his own. This obviously already shows how
irresponsible Dahni is towards his son,not paying them much attention.
When the accident happen Dul should
have been attending a wedding, but instead he was hanging out with his friend.
The accident happened on his way home after driving his girlfriend home. Dul
turned off all his cell phones, and so Dhani could not contact him. But if
Dhani really cares about his sons he would have tried calling Dul’s friends or
the friend’s parents to get info on Dul’s location. Dhani could have done more
actions towards this issue. Dul is a minor, it means Dul is under custody/care
of his father. Again this shows how irresponsible Dhani is towards his child,
and needs to be more responsible.
Lots of people say that 13 years old
is when a child starts to grow up. Starting to be mature and know what is wrong
and right. He should have known that driving is not a right thing to do on his
age. Even though he starts to grow up and mature, he is still at the beginning
of being a complete matured adult and he is still mentally and emotionally unstable.
Therefore he is still not yet in the condition to be able to make right
decisions during crucial times. A study by the Stanford university shows that
the more aged someone gets the more mature their mental is, which means crucial
decision can be made better.
The accident started by Dul trying to
speed up and pass a car but when he was passing the car he was in high speed
and lost control of the car. Evidence shows that the tire marks done by Dul’s
car before the crash was swiggling. This shows that he had lost control of the
car and crashed into two cars and killed 7 people. For an under-aged to drive
it is not a small thing. AND for parents to buy cars for their under age
children is something very rare and almost impossible. But Dhani bought a car
for Dul. Not only Dul, Al his older brother also owns a car and Al is also
still under-aged. This shows that Dhani allows his son to drive, where actually
it is a very unwise decision. Now it is more like Dhani is the one not matured.
In conclusion Dhani father of Abdul
Qodir Jaelani is the one held responsible. Since he is parents of still
under-aged children, so he is held responsible for any of their actions. If any
of them have done something wrong, it means Dhani has failed to be a
responsible parent or dad.
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