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The issue is not as much about the capabilities of the machine. It is possible to cause serious harm to one's self with a power tool, or even a screwdriver. It is about the attitudes that are inherently invoked when one is operating a high performance driving machine. If you are driving a high performance car, you are much more likely to engage in risky behaviours and mismanage risk. It's not about the thing itself, it's about how the thing is likely to make you behave. This applies to adults/older people as well, but, in general, they have a better sense of assesing risk due to experience. (I say in general because some adults are not capable of assessing and managing risk either). For that reason, I would do whatever I can to keep my children from operating such machinery at a young age--regardless of how mature they might be relative to their peers. There is simply no point in allowing such a thing to happen. They can wait a few years. Sports cars and bikes will be around.
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