who is responsible

On the 9^th of September 2013, a thirteen-year-old driver took the life of six people in a high-speed accident where he crashed into a road divider at the toll road hitting oncoming cars. Dhani, the father and the legal guardian of the underage child, should be held accountable for this devastating mishap.

It has been argued that Dul was responsible for he was the one driving the car, although his father should have been aware that his own son drives sometimes and that his personal driver was on holiday. He fully understood that Dul was a minor and was not emotionally stable yet (according to Standford studies) in which it was stated that “As people age, they’re more emotionally balanced and are better in the ability of solving highly emotional problems in limited time.” There is a reason why the legal driving age is in fact seventeen-years-old. The act of driving requires unbreakable concentration and fast reflexes, you should be aware of your own surroundings and at that moment, you’re responsible for the lives of people around you.

The opposing side has also dumped the blame on the toll driver because he/she was in charge of the gate that Dul went through and he/she didn’t do anything about it when it’s not actually his/her fault. Half the teenagers in Indonesia does look older than their actual age and it wasn’t his/her responsibility to look out for driving minors, he probably didn’t even know who Dul was! He was just doing his job. The father, however should have stopped Dul and his brothers because it was believed that Dul followed the example of his two brothers who were also underage and who the dad also bought cars they drove.

It was also a problem that Dhani was solely responsible in restricting his children and prevent bad influences from society, their way of life and that was all because his divorce with former wife did not end well. Apparently, his three children, Al, El, Dul, all had experiences with smoking and drugs and it was believed to be some sort of affected behavior from the divorce.

Dhani was wholly responsible for letting a minor drive a car that he purchased for his underage children. He should’ve been aware that his actions reflect to his sons behavior that was caused by the unmoral society he raised them