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A popular discussion sound bite on Freedomain Radio is of nonviolent parenting. Including in the discussion is the topic of parent guidance and nurturing. Teenagers are able to drive and most are still growing and maturing out of puberty. One big influence on them are movies. Now most teenagers don't know the technicals behind movie making. A driving stunt from the "Fast & The Furious" series probably has to be thoroughly choreographed and may take several takes before the scene qualifies as "a take." Young teenage drivers and adults who don't know any better attempt to perform these driving stunts, on city freeways, without special tires, on a fly, in one take, This kind of behavior is very dangerous to other motorist and extremely irritating. Individual cars, no matter how customized they are, weren't designed to perform these feats. Like parenting, movies and their actors have a moral responsibility to establish safe examples of conduct for the audience. I have seen many times these customized compact cars gathering together on the freeways with a look of fantasy and irresponsible mischief written all over the driver's face and on the body language of the vehicle he is driving. Two cars, one chasing the other, waving in and out of heavy traffic. Now I can't say that all of those incidents were inspired by the "Fast & The Furious" but even if some were, with the passing of Paul Walker maybe this will be an end to this series and the nonsense that it leaves in its dust.