Advocacy & Safety - This broke my heart

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/13656596/detail.html

Don't talk about helmets or anything else.

A moment of silence would do very well right now.

No need to respond to this post.

I posted the same link yesterday. Breaks my heart too. This could easily have been my Granddaughter.

I'm sure no one feels worse than the parents.

When my kids were small, I used to ride my bike with them and try to keep them doing things safely because, they're kids after all. They're going to do things that they're not able to foresee the problems of

I suppose one can't be with them at all times, and I hope they don't beat themselves up over this.

The BC Coronors office produced a report on the deaths to cyclists in BC and came up with a number of findings and recomondations. One of these findings was the disproportionate amount of children involved in collisions and deaths.

One of the recomondations was :

Conduct a study to determine at what age children become sufficiently mature to understand and follow the rules of the road and, at the same time have the requisite psychomotor skills to do so.

The background for this was explained as:

It is one thing for a child to ride a bicycle in a cul de sac. It is another to ride it in thoroughfares busy with myriad types of motor vehicles, varying road conditions (including those under repair) and where there are a variety of signs and signals that are confusing to most of us. When do children's psychomotor skills develop to the extent that they can ride safely in busy traffic? Some researchers indicate that a child's poor comprehension of safety rules may limit the effectiveness of safety education programs because young children do not perceive the traffic environment as do adults. Findings of a study into these matters could have a profound impact on bicycle safety education as well as providing guidelines as to the time when children may 'graduate' to riding on shared roadways.

I hope the parents understand that everybody makes mistakes and even if there was something they could have done different, they're human too.

I think everyones hearts go out to them.