Originally Posted by
BikeMomTn
alan, thank you for your input, I greatly appreciate it. I am working with the SRTS very closely actually regarding this situation. However when The Police Chief goes on national news and states "Bailey told FoxNews.com that police have notified the District Attorney's Office and that Tryon could potentially face child neglect charges if the situation continued.." I believe an attorney retained is indeed a prudent decision.
There are three realistic options to address the situation:
1. take your child off the bike
2. continue letting your child ride to school and risk prosecution
3. find a way for your child to ride to school that is safe, in the opinion of the entire community, which includes you, your neighbors, and the police/government/school system/etc.
If it were me, I'd choose #3, with a temporary fallback to #1.