Originally Posted by
PatrickGSR94
uhh, what? I ride on the road, and when my kid is old enough and experienced enough, he will ride on the road with me, but TEACHING a kid to ride a bike while out in the street? No sir, that is simply dumb and stupid.
My brother and I both learned to ride bikes on the sidewalks running in front of our house on our street in our neighborhood in the 1980's. Absolutely nothing wrong with that. Actually I think some of the learning took place in the back yard, but yeah the sidewalks, too.
Yeah, I too find it hard to believe that anyone's kid who is learning to ride is somehow going to hit a pedestrian and kill/gravely injure them. Not to mention the fact that children are smaller, and therefore less likely to be seen on the road until it's too late.