Whose fault is it?

(Argumentative Essay)

This is the case that we all know, we all have heard, we all have read, and we all have watched in the news nowadays. This is a case happened in Jakarta, Indonesia where a 13 year-old boy made a lifetime mistake and killed 7 people in total. It's Ahmad Dhani's youngest son among his three sons. His name is Abdul Qadir Jaelani. This is one crime that shocked the whole country. It was an accident that happened at midnight. I strongly agree that it is Ahmad Dhani's fault and it is his full responsible to take care and responsible for his son's action.

It is said everywhere that before the accident, he was driving her girlfriend back home to Bogor. Ahmad Dhani said that he usually sometimes has the driver to drive his car everywhere but this time, he wants to drive his girlfriend home by himself. The accident happened late at approximately 01.00 am. It happened in Tol Jagorawi when he drove back to his house. The fact is that he asked his driver to go home first so that he can drive his girlfriend back home by himself. He drove back from his girlfriend's house at Bogor to Jakarta by himself when this accident happened. He tried to avoid the car in front of him so he tried to turn right. But then, he lost control and flew to the other side of the road and crashed the cars that were in his way. This accident killed 6 people and left 9 people injured. Then, one more person died because of the bad injury he had. Dul's car was in bad condition, also Dul himself. He was injured badly and did several operations.

As you all know, he's still 13 and I think I know what all of you are thinking, "He's still 13 why is he driving a car already?!". Yes, he is underage of course. Here in Indonesia, the law states that a person should be 18 at least to drive a car. The police said that it was fully Dul's fault that the accident happened-- But I strongly disagree. I totally agree that it's actually Ahmad Dhani's fault that the accident happened. Think about it. He was the one that bought the car for him, he was the one that let him have the car by himself. And worse, Dhani doesn't even know that Dul can drive a car! To be honest, for me it's not logical. Why? Because he's the father. He should now everything that the son's do. Including his ability to drive a car. This only means one thing, Dhani did not pay attention to his child well. Although he's busy about being an artist, family should be number 1, right? Parents should be awared of their children. They should control their children well so that they won't be a "mess". Dul is now one of the examples of children that don't act the way they should be in the age of 13 which is underage. Dul is not an adult yet, not even a teenager. He's still a pre-teenager, it's a stage after the "children" stage. I'm pretty sure Dhani knows that his child is STILL a pre-teen too. He shouldn't trust his son fully. Mainly because he's still underage, and second, it's because his brain has not fully developed yet. Everyone is born with a perfect brain, but it's up to us how will we use it. For Dul, it's a misguiding from his parents (Ahmad Dhani and Maya Ahmad, both artists) that made him think the way he think now. It's all about how the parents raise him. Unfortunately, his parents didn't really pay attention to him and his development. Maybe it's because they're busy, maybe because they don't care. It could be anything. But what I know for sure is, they did a wrong thing guiding their child.

In conclusion, I think it IS the parents' fault. He should be responsible for whatever the child's do. His actions, his attitude, and how does he act everyday to people around or to the media. Parents should take care of their children well and keep an eye on them so that they won't be misguided.