Dangerous cycling: the controversy continues

by Sierra on June 11, 2009 · 8 comments

Regular readers of this journal know that I bike with my kids. A lot. In traffic.

This is a more controversial subject than I would ever have imagined. I have spent a lot of the past 24 hours discussing it politely.

At the end of all that polite discussion, I took my five-year-old to pick up our farm share in the bike trailer.

As usual, we got heckled on our way to the Growing Center by some fool who felt the need to shout “That is SO dangerous” at us.

This time, that fool was a ten-year-old kid riding a skateboard down the middle of the street, going the wrong way on a one-way street, with no helmet or pads. Seriously.

I laughed so hard I might have fallen off my bike if I were a less skilled rider.

Tagged as: bike

Cos

Glad I’m reading this when I’m not somewhere I can easily fall off

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Cos

Glad I’m reading this when I’m not somewhere I can easily fall off

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Rich Wilson

I hate to say it, but you do have a sarcasm hat (helmet)? Ok, just had to get that possibility out of the way. ’cause anything else, and I’m going to have to put pads on for the fall.

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Rich Wilson

I hate to say it, but you do have a sarcasm hat (helmet)? Ok, just had to get that possibility out of the way. ’cause anything else, and I’m going to have to put pads on for the fall.

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http://wordsend.org/ vika

Kid snark fail.

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http://wordsend.org/ vika

Kid snark fail.

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http://kyrielle.livejournal.com Laura

Oh man. It IS dangerous, at least when you include the commentary you get: I laughed so hard I think I sprained something.

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http://kyrielle.livejournal.com/ Laura

Oh man. It IS dangerous, at least when you include the commentary you get: I laughed so hard I think I sprained something.

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