[Holger]

I would not think about it as "All I want is to keep my kid safe, so heavy, huge car and lots of power is required".
Think about the other participants in traffic.
Would it be good if the kids kill someone when they hit them with theire heavy and fast cars?
I dont think it will do them any good either.
No, small, slow cars for the beginners. So that they can do less damage when driving around with theire zero experience. The younger the smaller and cheaper cars.

Kids totalling one car after the other?
This is the best evidence that they are not ready for that responsibility yet!
Take the bus or bike!


Now, in an ideal world most people would cooperate and not rise theire kids with the personal attitude that its all about me and my family, f*ck everybody else!
Similar to todays gadgets: my son started 5th grade with most classmates coming to school with iPhones and having TVs and laptops on theire room at home. WTF? Its 5th grade, they have to concentrate on school and nothing else! This generated horrible stress for the few parents not participating in this game.

Sadly the ideal world is long gone or far away, we will never see that happen, I know that.