My 4.5 year old son rides on the back of our cargo bike to/from daycare, about 4 miles each way. Madison is a great place to ride a bike, and we have a really nice route along some scenic and low-traffic streets. Last week, a motorist caught up to us about a block after we rolled through an unoccupied 4 way stop at the end of a little hill. We always roll through this intersection; everyone does. Well, so this guy pulls up next to us and and just screams, "YOU'RE SETTING A BAD EXAMPLE FOR YOUR KID!" and then speeds off.
Yeah, so afterwards me and my son had a pretty good conversation about how to appropriately display your emotions. As a four year old, that's a lesson he's heard before, but I think it was nice (in a way) for him to see how ugly it can be. My son also drew a connection with a book he was reading about Star Wars and how Yoda teaches about how fear and anger lead to the dark side. So... I think he got it. :) That all being said. We're lucking enough to have a nice route, but I really try to avoid sketchy/ high traffic roads, even ones with bike lanes. It just kinda kills the vibe. We've also have had many good interactions with motorists, even back when he was in a trailer. Someone once yelled at me (which was weird) something like, "Your trailer is really visable, I love the lights! You're a great dad!" That really made my day! Kevin In Madison, WI -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
