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Originally posted by Felix
Or to put it another way, the kid might have been killed whether he was 6, 10, or 16. I have a six year old and wouldn't think of putting him on the back of my bike. I can't imagine how that friend must feel. |
I have a different opinion...
My daughter and son aged 6 and 9 have both been on the back of my bike...
A car driver can kill us...whilst we are in a car...whilst we are a pedestrian...whilst we are on a bike.
In England it's all about the "right of way"....What a load of Bo11ocks!
On the continent people are "appreciated"...as they are in India...Whole families travel on the back of a bike because the car driver is more aware....British people are NOT aware...They are more interested in who has "the right of way".
It's ALL of us...Pedestrians...car drivers...bikers...AND the way that our social system works.
As far as I am concerned I and my kids are having fun. As we are when we walk to the park and almost get mowed down by car drivers as we walk across a pedestrian crossing...
[Edited on 12-8-2004 by kwikbitch]