I saw two kids under 14 YO riding two up on one, on a sidewalk, neither wearing a helmet. To the parents, why not just give your kid a grenade to play with.
Motor vehicles are not toys.
E bikes rampaging Toronto streets
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Motor vehicles are not toys.
My neighbourhood has a father riding in full gear (helmet + gloves + leather) and his 10 year old son standing in front of him with zero protections...
Father of the Year award right there.
*Meh, he can always have another kid...
*Sarcasm
You don’t need any training, license or insurance to ride an e-bike or scooter.
The most responsible task given a person is raising a child. No qualifications needed there either.
Mad Mike
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Were you ever a kid?
While I don't condone that, I get it. Sometimes kids will take off the bubblewrap themselves.
Taylor Tomlinson does a great bit about this, the hoops you have to jump through to adopt vs accidentally having one of your own.
Edit: Here's the bit, it's great!
I think it's Quokkas that drop their babies in the face of danger, as a defense mechanism. Same logic, they can just have another. Guess we can refer to these parents are Quokkas? Fuckin Quokkas! Has a nice ring to it, especially with a faux Aussie or Kiwi accent.
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kiwi
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Dirty Frank
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Good parenting helps.
Or you can hope that they have their come to Jesus moment witnessing the misfortune come to others.
Mad Mike
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I don't know if 2 kids on a scooter represents bad parenting.
In the summer I live in a place that reminds me of the times I grew up. Kids get dirt bikes and quads when they get their first pair of skates, the play hockey on frozen anything -- outdoors at -25. The ride bicycles (omg!) without helmets.
This weekend I was at a friends place, he has an 8 and 12 year old. The 8 year old rides a Honda 70 like he stole it. I was hard pressed to keep up with him on a little Kawi 140 through some pretty crazy single track trails. He was begging his dad to let him drive the golfcart, so I took him. The kid scared the **** out of me on a little trip thru some ATV trails. He knew ever jump, every puddle, and every stupid incline a golf cart could barely manage and ran 1/2 an hour floored. I was pretty sure the golf cart was going to explode, not sure if I'd leave in one piece.
The moral of the story is kids learn a lot about danger by doing. They learn how to avoid it, and where the limits exist. Bubble wrap them and they might be good mathletes, but they'll miss a lot of they never feel a real body check, tackle, or a tumble off a dirt bike.
Reminds me of my mom telling me to go outside and not come back home until the street lights come on. Now all I hear is parents demanding their kids come home right after school and keep them inside. Boggle.
To your point @Mad Mike we had to invent our own fun, and create our own trouble....and get out of it
we had to invent our own fun, and create our own trouble....and get out of it
For some of us, this never stopped. If you never have kids, you'll always get to be the biggest kid in your life.
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Glenn/RZ500
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Longtime S.I.N.K. cardholder here, it worked out well.<Flashes D.I.N.K.> membership card.
There seems to be a common theme here. For most people, number of kids is inversely proportional to quantity/value of bikes in the stable.
Glenn/RZ500
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I very seldom see kids outside here, if they are the parent(s) are with them. Inside buried face first in a screen otherwise, sad.. I played with .22 rifles, lawn darts, firecrackers, playing around creeks and rivers, racing bicycles or Honda SL70`s and Yamaha Mini-Enduros with friends. We went in for lunch and dinner, then back outside till after dark. Incredible how weak society has become since the `60`s and 70s.Reminds me of my mom telling me to go outside and not come back home until the street lights come on. Now all I hear is parents demanding their kids come home right after school and keep them inside. Boggle.
To your point @Mad Mike we had to invent our own fun, and create our own trouble....and get out of it
Glenn/RZ500
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I have married with kids friends, and their kids are adults, say the guys with all the money are single, I know two other guys in my situation. Peace of mind is the big thing though.
At my parents, neighbours very far away would call and report illegal hunting whenever we were shooting anything bigger than a 22. Conservation officer would show up all hot and bothered. We were shooting at targets and on our land. This happened a bunch of times. Conservation officer was annoyed that their time was wasted. Sadly, the officer wasn't allowed to beat the complainant to teach them a lesson.
Was stopped more than once riding laps around the perimeter of our fields in Pickering when I was a kid. Usually by railway police (CP Rail) strangely enough.
