Would you do this with your child?

[bonsaibilly]

So it detects idiots, and it detects clever people. So it's an IQ test. So what's your beef? BB

 

[400bhp]

So it detects idiots, and it detects clever people. So it's an IQ test. So what's your beef? BB

I don't have a beef with it. I find it fascinating.

 

[I like Skol]

Did having kids change your priorities or were you always on the good side of billy whizz? BB

I resent the tone of that comment. Yes having kids changed my priorities, obviously. But it didn't change my driving which is the same regardless of if the kids are in the car or not. I don't intend to crash or drive into someone, period. I'm not saying I am a perfect driver but I do my utmost to pay attention and drive within my abilities and the conditions. I will stick my neck out and say that driving legally is secondary to driving safely. Before anyone says it I am not some kind of safe speed apologist. Too fast is too fast regardless of the legal speed limit, on the other hand, driving quickly does not make you the devil incarnate!

 

[growingvegetables]

"It's a busy road!" says some doofus in the comments, beneath a picture that shows twice as many cyclists as cars.

+1001

I would also be riding further behind the child.

True

The driver of the car from which the photo is taken appears to be able to avoid running the child down.

+ 101

Done it myself.

OK - not with a child still using stabilisers, I admit. That would have been a step a little too far ... with up to four kids to herd, at various stages of learning roadcraft.

 

[ColinJ]

I tried that and as my IQ generally comes out in the "not an idiot" bracket I don't think it necessarily follows that it is simply an idiot detector.

It would be more appropriate to declare that the world is full of fools and some of them frequent Facebook.

Mind you, I couldn't get the IQ test app to actually tell me my result let alone share it, so I must actually be completely stupid. BB

I did one of those online IQ tests once. After spending about 30 minutes answering all sorts of tricky questions, the site displayed a popup which said something like "Wow, you got a really high score - CONGRATULATIONS! To get detailed results, please sign up below. We accept all major debit/credit cards and PayPal" but I was too smart to fall for that scam so I never found out what my score actually was!

 

[Pat "5mph"]

Not with such a young child still on stabilizer, ok with an older one that has already basic riding skills.
That road seems ideal for advanced cycle practicing, wide with good visibility.

 

[Accy cyclist]

Maybe the dad could've worn a bit of high viz instead of grey. That way they would've been a lot safer.

 

[slowmotion]

I really don't have enough information to form an opinion about the picture of the child and adult. It's a picture of two people riding on a road. Context would be helpful.

 

[PhilDawson8270]

Ironically, the car appears to be about to overtake approaching a left hand bend that they cannot see around.

You can see it starts to go that way, and just ahead of the cyclists you can see the merge arrow from the other lane, suggesting there are a few solid white line areas in that stretch

 

[summerdays]

I wouldn't take a child on stabilisers on a busy A road, unless that was the only possible way to get somewhere without a significant diversion. But I would take a child with better bike skills. And these days I wouldn't have a kid on stabilisers having done both methods to teach my kids.

 

[ManiaMuse]

I don't have kids so my opinion is worthless.

However common sense says to me at least wait until the stabilisers are off and have another adult riding a bit behind as well in more visible clothing or with a flag or something as I can't imagine they would be going much more than 5-10mph so the speed difference to motorized traffic would be huge.

Guessing that there isn't a pavement there? (bit hard to tell from the photo)

 

[winjim]

Isn't it technically illegal* even for a child to ride on the pavement?



*I know, no chance of prosecution, below age of criminal responsibility etc etc

 

[jefmcg]

I wouldn't take a child on stabilisers on a busy A road.

Not sure why you are saying this, as this road is neither busy, nor - apparently - an A road.

From the description, it seems to be this rather lovely B-road

 

[summerdays]

Not sure why you are saying this, as this road is neither busy, nor - apparently - an A road.

From the description, it seems to be this rather lovely B-road

I'm saying it because if a child was on stabilizers I would not want to take them on any A-road. At that stage they can be out of control and in the path of a car quite fast. Only last year there was a child on a cycle path next to a road that died when she lost control and ended up on the road in front of a car.

As for that road I think we have been sent on that road by mistake by our SatNav... we now know that we ignore it at the roundabout north of Stratford when we are on the way back from my sister's house.

 

[Lemond]

I wouldn't take a child of that age onto any road; certainly not until they are capable of riding without stabilisers and have completed 'bike ability' or some such.