Consent - weak argument

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One of the main arguments that you will hear from people is that children (and not only children but also other entities as well) cannot consent to doing X. Let me give you just one example: "children can't consent to driving a car because they can make a mistake and kill someone". Well, then how come they can consent to riding a bike? They can also make a mistake with the bike too and kill themselves. Even without a bike, they can still make a mistake and die. You might also bring up the argument that they can't even reach the throttle, brake or clutch to be able to drive but that is called being unable to drive a certain vehicle not that you can't consent to driving it. There is a difference between being unable to do something and the capability of consenting to doing that thing. And even so, they could invent smaller cars so that children can reach the brake, throttle and clutch just like bikes are on sizes. There are big bikes for adults and there are small bikes for children. "But the experts and the law say that they can't consent". Experts? Really? Some of the experts of our world have no idea what they are doing or ought to be doing and they are more misinformed than the masses.