Kids on bicycles racing down the footpath

[MSTRS:Me]

Kids will always do this kind of thing. Unfortunately the days are gone when parents would take responsibity for their kids' actions and damage caused - these days not only will the kids tell you to fuck off, the parents will also.

Aint that the truth...

[Tink]

My kids are learning to ride on the road, but most of the time they ride on the footpath with me, I don't let them ride alone. I nearly lost my daughter to a driver backing out of a driveway (school day 8.45am) and she just kept coming, without thinking kids were riding to school, they built a pavement to school (country) so kids could ride on it, away from the heavy 70km killer traffic, (she apologized but heart was still pounding).

I would suggest put a mirror up so you can see the pavement. As they will never stop coming .. kids are invincible remember or so they think.

[FJRider]

A rake handle through the spokes works with high efficiency.

The FRONT spokes especially ...

[NighthawkNZ:Me]

Kids will always do this kind of thing. Unfortunately the days are gone when parents would take responsibility for their kids' actions and damage caused - these days not only will the kids tell you to fuck off, the parents will also.

and in New York (only in the US of A)
New York Judge rules 6-year-old can be sued

[george formby]

Ooooh, I suffer the potential of squashing some chillun every time I reverse down my steep, blind drive way. The kids often use our street as a downhill race course on tricycles, skateboards, bmx's etc. Often with the encouragement & participation of the parents.
It affords me the opportunity to discuss the process of natural selection with my neighbours on a regular basis. In fact the missing link is only 3 doors away.

[hellokitty]

Kids will always do this kind of thing. Unfortunately the days are gone when parents would take responsibility for their kids' actions and damage caused - these days not only will the kids tell you to fuck off, the parents will also.

Yes. kids will be kids - a kid rode their bike into my 65 year old Mum while we were out walking in Devonport where there are 2 footpaths, 1 shell and 1 concrete with a bicycle lane on it.
I politely suggested that they could use the bicycle lane on the concrete footpath, and as I was saying this the father came running out of his parked car and started screaming swear words and general threats at us. Makes you wonder what chance these kids have of growing up to be decent humans when they are raised to believe that they can do whatever they want, whenever they want, with no consequences.
Btw no one yells at my Mum and gets away with it

Anyway back to kids riding on the footpath.... I tend to expect it as when I was a kid we played on the road and all over the footpath and it never crossed our minds that we would get run over.... but I could never forgive myself if I squashed one of the little buggars

[PrincessBandit]

Kids have been doing this forever, maybe you should be asking yourself why you were not paying more attention when exiting your driveway.

What makes you think I wasn't paying attention when exiting my driveway?

If I'd been paying no attention at all they probably would have been under my wheels.

As for the kid who rode into the front of me, I was almost stationary as I was about to check my letterbox for mail.

[Dave Lobster]

If I'd been paying no attention at all they probably would have been under my wheels.

Therein lies your lesson for next time then