I’ve seen this 2015 documentary of some sort from the perspective of Japanese vs Australian kids being able to commute to and from school on their own without parental supervision. The thing is that parents in Japan encourage kids to be independent from a young age without being “babied” too much while apparently in Australia it’s common for parents to drop kids at school.
Now: why is it common for American parents to either drop kids off themselves or kids using the stereotypical yellow school buses on commuting to school rather than letting the kid use public transport themselves or walk to school on foot on their own? I’ve heard that a father got arrested in the US just for letting his son walk to and from school due to accusations of “child endangerment”.
ebikes are safer than snow machines and four wheelers, which plenty of Alaska has kids riding
I’m not sure “Alaska does it” is the argument you think it is.
First, I imagine there’s a vast difference between someplace like Anchorage and some of the more remote villages- both in the necessity and in the amount of traffic they’d be driving in.
Secondly, Alaska’s population is only ~750k. This is comparable to Minneapolis and St Paul combined (~450k and 300k). The only states less populated are Montana and Wyoming.
Finally, they might be safer; but that doesn’t necessarily make them safe. I doubt that we even have the necessary data to make that claim… at least in the context of sending kids across the US to school on E-bikes.