Get him off of that thing and get the police to enforce an approved safety helmet.
Kids should ride bikes for exercise not stinky, noisy 2 cycle toys!
Brian
River Wolfe wrote:
Hi all,
Have you all heard of those "pocket bikes" they look just like motorcycles, but a tiny, supposedly for kids.? Apparently, since they're so new, there aren't laws regulating the age and use of them. ANyway, a kid on our block has one and I kid you not, he's been riding it up and down our street (about 6 blocks)for THREE days straight. He starts at 11am and finishes after dark, I suppose he takes a pee and dinner break too. Sometimes one of his buddies gets a ride, but it's usually him passing my house. He has NO helmet and the scooter make s VERY annoying buzz as it passes. I called the police, who are at the end of the street and now he has one of those helmets that looks like an old army helmet, and for a while he rode on the side of the road. Mostly, he rides in the middle of the street. THis thing goes at least 30mph.
I want to...
well that wouldn't be nice for me to say, he's just a kid. I'm sure he has no parental supervision. He's the neighborhood bully too. I saw a report on these yesterday and you absolutely CANNOT see them if you're in an SUV, or van. Good Housekkeping strongly warns against their use.
In defense of the kid, I guess if I were his age I would think this is just "the bomb".
This has my menopausal raging hormones seething. It's beautiful out and it would be nice to be able to open the front door without this annoying noise.
After working with survivors of brain injury and seeing what a BIKE accident will do to a kid's brain, I really hate seeing these things becoming so popular.
Peace out,
Riv
