Originally Posted by randya

check the CDC statistics, riding in a motor vehicle is the leading cause of death for children, but he's not proposing banning that; in fact I don't know of one case in Oregon in the last 20 years involving a child fatality in a bike seat or a trailer

OTOH, just a week or so ago a child on the sidewalk in a stroller was killed by a 75 year old gent who couldn't tell the gas pedal from the brake pedal, so we'd probably be better off restricting the driving privileges of the elderly or at least retesting them frequently, but I don't see any bills being introduced to require this either.

this is just another case of poor research, the safety nannies poking their noses in places they don't understand, and maybe a part of the 'anti-bike backlash' as well