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Sent: Friday, November 07, 2003 10:14
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Subject: RE: [Sndbox] FL. Boy fined on
bike
Hes 8, hows he gonna pay a fine ? Do a few
more chores ? I dont think thats much of a lesson.
Well, we don't know that, because the
article didn't elaborate. It could be that he is learning a lesson, just
not one from the gvt gestapo. I read the article though to say that he
was having to pay the fine because the parents wouldn't. That in itself
is a lesson, no?
Charles
Mims
The parents might be learning a lesson, he
certainly isnt.
Charles is the one that brought up helmets. You are entitled to your
opinion as much as I am. You might find it ridiculous to fine an 8 y/o, I see
it as him learning a lesson so that next time he might be more careful when
he's out jumping sand hills on his bike and watch out for traffic and possibly
save his life.
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Subject: Re: [Sndbox] FL.
Boy fined on bike
In a message dated 11/5/2003 11:07:41 PM
Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
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
