# Would you let your child ride their bike to school? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [August 31, 2011, 9:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/would-you-let-your-child-ride-their-bike-to-school/216059 "2011-08-31T09:30:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![vq30de](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/9dc877/32.png) [@vq30de](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/vq30de)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 10:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/would-you-let-your-child-ride-their-bike-to-school/216059/21 "2011-08-31T10:53:04Z")
> [@Fry](#): > > The town can’t take on that liaibility. If her daughter slipped on gravel on the road and crashed her bike she’d probably sue the town. Fucking amazing. You deserve a prize. ---
**Author:** ![FadetoBlack](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fadetoblack/32/6118_2.png) [@FadetoBlack](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/FadetoBlack)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 10:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/would-you-let-your-child-ride-their-bike-to-school/216059/22 "2011-08-31T10:53:34Z")
> [@Fry](#): > > The town can’t take on that liaibility. If her daughter slipped on gravel on the road and crashed her bike she’d probably sue the town. ![http://aka-img-2.h-img.com/media/img/b/hn/2401564/3651798757413324882.400_600r](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/9/7/978921c9c825bbc9fdd251ce137474bb9a63851b.400_600r) ---
**Author:** ![Motocrossx23](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/motocrossx23/32/5120_2.png) [@Motocrossx23](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Motocrossx23)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 11:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/would-you-let-your-child-ride-their-bike-to-school/216059/23 "2011-08-31T11:02:49Z")
Hahaha okay guys. Jay, good catch on the article. I suspected it was missing something. I just cross posted this from another forum but I’ll be sure to update them. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 11:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/would-you-let-your-child-ride-their-bike-to-school/216059/24 "2011-08-31T11:07:32Z")
> [@Motocrossx23](#): > > Jay, good catch on the article. I suspected it was missing something. I just cross posted this from another forum but I’ll be sure to update them. What bothered me most was the source, “Bike Walk Tennessee Blog”. Just like in the dog stomp thread, limited and biased information should always be questioned. ---
**Author:** ![yamba6](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/yamba6/32/5161_2.png) [@yamba6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/yamba6)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 11:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/would-you-let-your-child-ride-their-bike-to-school/216059/25 "2011-08-31T11:09:52Z")
So they cant ride to a friends house then either right, or friends cant ride bikes together? ---
**Author:** ![jay\_g](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jay_g/32/111288_2.png) [@jay\_g](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jay_g)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 12:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/would-you-let-your-child-ride-their-bike-to-school/216059/26 "2011-08-31T12:23:21Z")
When I lived in NT I rode/walked to school from 4th grade on. ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 12:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/would-you-let-your-child-ride-their-bike-to-school/216059/27 "2011-08-31T12:52:08Z")
> [@Jam](#): > > i rode my bike to school from 1st grade on, until i had a car, over a mile. although i did get asked by a man to help him find his dog once… 1st grade? Really? Isn’t that like 6 years old? The average kid learns to balance between six and seven, given the chance. It is not unusual for it to happen a couple of years either way. ^ [Teaching Kids To Ride](http://www.sheldonbrown.com/teachride.html) So in the most likely case, you rode your bike to school after only riding 2 wheeler for like a year or so? ---
**Author:** ![theblue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/theblue/32/5074_2.png) [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 12:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/would-you-let-your-child-ride-their-bike-to-school/216059/28 "2011-08-31T12:57:55Z")
I can’t help but feel there was something more to the story… but on face value it’s stupid. ---
**Author:** ![yamba6](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/yamba6/32/5161_2.png) [@yamba6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/yamba6)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 1:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/would-you-let-your-child-ride-their-bike-to-school/216059/29 "2011-08-31T13:02:22Z")
> [@theblue](#): > > I can’t help but feel there was something more to the story… but on face value it’s stupid. Its Tennessee…enough said. ---
**Author:** ![Copper280z](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/copper280z/32/5464_2.png) [@Copper280z](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Copper280z)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 1:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/would-you-let-your-child-ride-their-bike-to-school/216059/30 "2011-08-31T13:03:26Z")
> [@JayS](#): > > As I suspected, there’s a bit more to this story the first article didn’t want to tell you. > > [http://www2.tricities.com/news/2011/aug/30/epd-unsupervised-10-year-old-should-not-ride-bike--ar-1275159/](http://www2.tricities.com/news/2011/aug/30/epd-unsupervised-10-year-old-should-not-ride-bike--ar-1275159/) > > So two days in a row he watches a 10 year old causing traffic to dodge around her because she obviously doesn’t know how to properly share the road with traffic, and brings her home to let mom know, “hey, she’s not safe riding unsupervised”. People swerve around adult cyclists all the time, they sure as hell don’t get out of the way when a car comes up behind them. Why don’t they get taken home to be yelled at by mom? ---
**Author:** ![airhead](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/airhead/32/7471_2.png) [@airhead](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/airhead)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 1:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/would-you-let-your-child-ride-their-bike-to-school/216059/31 "2011-08-31T13:28:21Z")
Riding my bike to school at that age was so awesome, I actually looked forward to school. Plus I had a sweet Dyno VFR in grade school. It was about 1.5-2 miles and I rode sidewalks all the way there. Amazing I’m still alive. ---
**Author:** ![drvnkd](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/drvnkd/32/109615_2.png) [@drvnkd](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/drvnkd)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 1:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/would-you-let-your-child-ride-their-bike-to-school/216059/32 "2011-08-31T13:48:01Z")
My kid was riding w/o training wheels on hos Tony Hawk bike Last summer… He’s going to be 5 in Oct 😃 My 6 y/o has moved on to a 20" bike that she is too small for this past summer. Is it wrong to let her fall over? There is no way they will be riding to school for at least a few more years. Not until she is no longer eligible for the bus. Times have changed… At least you can plan your kids routes around the sex offenders now… (most of them anyway) I too seem to recall some shitty guy trying to give me a ride home once because my mom told him to… As it was 10 minute walk, I just kept on going. It seemed to piss my parents off though. ---
**Author:** ![Jimshorts](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jimshorts/32/5915_2.png) [@Jimshorts](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jimshorts)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 1:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/would-you-let-your-child-ride-their-bike-to-school/216059/33 "2011-08-31T13:50:16Z")
when i was in 3rd/4th grade i would have to walk or ride 3 miles to school up hill in both directions and into the wind… i dont see the problem with it ---
**Author:** ![almostBrett](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/almostbrett/32/5249_2.png) [@almostBrett](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/almostBrett)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 3:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/would-you-let-your-child-ride-their-bike-to-school/216059/34 "2011-08-31T15:03:24Z")
if i was the mother, i would have told the cop to go f\*\*k himself but i am more confused why you waste your time reading threw this bullshit news… its wednesday, go to area ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 3:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/would-you-let-your-child-ride-their-bike-to-school/216059/35 "2011-08-31T15:13:03Z")
You can’t leave your 10 year old home alone, unattended so it does follow that reasoning. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/would-you-let-your-child-ride-their-bike-to-school/216059.md?page=1)