
With a 6-month-old at the controls, researchers at the University of Delaware are encouraging underage driving. Conventional wisdom has held that because of safety issues, children aren’t considered ready for that until age 4 or 5; the earliest age doctors might recommend powered mobility is age 3.
Damn. I still don’t have a driver’s license. Should we increase the autonomy of babies by giving them scooters and HCI interfaces so they can tell us what they want? Or does that make them grow up too fast? Discuss.