Today I was helping someone move to a new house. This kid about 12/3 was riding his dirt/bmx style bike the wrong way approaching a left hand curve for him. He was in the wrong lane and a car was coming in the correct lane and had to slam on it's brakes and skidded to a stop. Lucky for the kid the car was only doing about 15 miles an hour.

The kid was going to be toast if not for the fast action of the car. The part that upsets me is the people I was helping move started yelling at the kid and giving him a hard time. the kid told everyone he was sorry a couple of times but the "adults" kept yelling, Jeez. I felt so sorry for the kid, he was scared to death as he put his hand out to keep the car away, then these people started yelling at him and as he left I could hear him start to cry in front of the people yelling at him.

By the time I could start to come out of the house he was leaving, I wanted to go to him and EXPLAIN what he had done wrong and how he could ride more safely. Sure he needed a talking to, maybe even yelled at to get his attention, but the people were just yelling because they were scared for the kid and carried on to much.

Endomorphins rule to many events.

So OP, maybe following the rules of the road and not taking shortcuts could be a wise thing to do. And, the motorcycle rider (I'm one) needs to learn how to make emergency stops, laying a bike down is not the best way to stop.

Steven