I give up. Jumping sand hills isn't the problem. Jumping sand hills in a freaking road is the problem. I guess telling a kid not to goof off on a bike in the street is the wrong thing to do. Just around the house, my kids don't wear a helmet b/c of the kind of street we live on, but as soon as they get out on the main road with other cars, their helmet is on or they don't ride. I've seen what can happen when your head hits pavement w/o a helmet, and I've seen what helmets can do to save your skull from cracking open. I have also seen what playing around on a bike in the street can do. Let's not forget when we were kids, there weren't as many cars on the road as there are now and most of them probably weren't driving as fast as people do now. Now I'm sorry that my opinion on this won't waver. I helped a friend that owned a bike shop teach bike safety classes to young kids and most of them didn't realize that they had to obey the rules of the road when they are on their bike. They just assumed b/c it wasn't a car that they could do whatever they wanted, which is the wrong opinion to have. At some point in time they have to learn responsibility for their actions and sometimes just having the parent take care of the problem won't work.
he wasnt fined for a helmut though he was fined for not yielding the right of way. and your free to have your opinion. but i m also free to have mine and i think fining an 8 yr old child (which if you think about it is a second or third grader) is beyond ridiculous
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