ORIGINAL: J_R
There was no trespass involved.
Please support this statement.
How did you determine that there was no right to be where the kid was riding?
How did you determine he did have a right to be riding there? You just asserted "there was no trespass". Back this up.
You can whatif this to death, but there are very few facts known... or at least so far. Whatif the kid had been riding in the same place yesterday? Whatif he had been rding in the same place an hour ago? Now where does the personal responsibility lie? Making statement like this is not useful or wise.
The way it was described, it's very likely he was on PRIVATE property. It did not describe him as riding down a public road and hitting a barrier, it described him as "racing down a runway". I've never seen a runway that was open to public joy riding. They are nearly always on property that is CLEARLY marked with no tresspassing signs. It's very likely that passed several very visible signs before he ever got to the runway. Most likely, he KNEW he didn't belong there, but did it anyway. It's becoming more and more common these days to make excuses for problems that arise when people do something they KNOW they are not supposed to do, but do it anyway. This is the personal responsibility issue people are talking about.
Note, this in no way diminishes the message from DB about making gates and barriers more visible.