Originally Posted by
I-Like-To-Bike
How would your CPS friend view an emergency plan that is based on taking a sick child to a hospital by bike trailer for a 4 hour trip, especially since emergencies don't always occur in bright sunshine hours or during ideal weather conditions? I believe it gets rather cold in upstate NY, get a bit of snow too. Gets dark at night too. Doubt if there are too many car free bike trails available for such a journey.
There's another thing I missed. The OP never asserted that it was his plan to take the kid by bike, and I don't believe anybody else did either. (I said, very much tongue-in-cheek, that using a bike was as foolish as using a car.)
Medical professionals reccommend that if there is a serious medical emergency, the emergency response system should be activated, rather than trying to transport the victim to the hospital by car, bike, or pony carriage. That's what makes this notion that the OP's carfree status endangers the child seem rather silly.