I get what you are saying but the girl has (in theory) passed a test of competence and by doing so has permission to drive on the public highway and has to carry insurance (well, you do in the UK at any rate). If the lad who did the video had asked permission, done a bit of a risk assessment and got some insurance they might have said "yes" - he could have offered the video to the tourist office: great publicity for his business.
I want to fly in a local town park. It's legal for the UK (it's big enough that in the middle I'm more than 150m from a congested area) but it's not public land per se. I want to get some unique shots of the town from above in this central position. I could have just done it, but being a boring old fart I asked permission. I did a nice email to the town clerk, showed him a simple risk assessment (failsafe modes, gps control, no aerobatics, that sort of thing), showed him I had £5M of liability insurance, would only fly in off-peak times to minimise risk to joe public and offered to show him the aircraft. He actually put it to the town council who said... yes! The town clerk is now desperate for the weather to clear because he wants to come and have a go! So I've now got carte blanche to fly somewhere a bit different and get unique shots of my home town I couldn't have got legally. So I can share any pics and videos around without worrying about getting bitten on the arse. Plus they now know me and that I'm sensible and I reckon I could get permission to fly from other council-owned land now. It's all win.
But... I'm not 18 - and I know that makes a big difference to how you think about stuff. As I said above, I don't think it's right to charge him with endangering life, but he did take risks and he didn't have permission...