Clearly daft, and unsafe for the child.
But don't they make a thing of it! A dumb decision was made, but really! Videos, interviews, national news, etc. etc.
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Muppet, but none the less, it must be a slow news day
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Perhaps they are a family of circus acrobats and the nipper was just getting a bit of training. People like that don't get injured as easily as you and me. They bounce instead of going splat.
During the last big war, when I was quite small, my father sometimes took me to school on the crossbar of his big old bike. He had made a small saddle, and footrests on the front diagonal of the frame. Not quite the same as the acrobats, but might be frowned on today.
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You can still buy such seats. This one has a made a nod to the modern obsession with safety and comes with a safety belt.
www.amazon.co.uk/Oxford-Junior-Tube-Child-Seat/dp/B002ANCDV4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1353084809&sr=8-1
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When I was on the Census - I was on the local estate in Bangor and saw a guy riding a mini-moped with a toddler riding on the tank. Irresponsible idiot.
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>> When I was on the Census - I was on the local estate in Bangor
>> and saw a guy riding a mini-moped with a toddler riding on the tank. Irresponsible
>> idiot.
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Damn right. Could have scratched the paint.
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Got a baby seat for the car yesterday.Granddaughter nearly 8 months,babysitting in January when daughter is back at work.Sister took me once for a ride on her bicycle,got my leg trapped between the spokes I was five.
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wasnt there some research done a while back regarding motorists driving attitudes? they gave the woman cyclist with the long flowing hair a much wider birth when overtaking than a helmet and padded up cyclist... i imagine the same response would be to give the chap on the bike with the child on his shoulders a wide birth too.... conclusion , if you dont want to get ran over dont wear a helmet :)
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>>if you dont want to get ran over dont wear a helmet :)
I found the opposite to be true. When I first started wearing a helmet and hi-vis vest I noticed motorists would give me much more space.
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>> I found the opposite to be true. When I first started wearing a helmet and
>> hi-vis vest I noticed motorists would give me much more space.
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They probably thought you had a gun.
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>>Sister took me once for a ride on her bicycle,got my leg
>> trapped between the spokes I was five.
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Same age, same thing.
I was sitting on the rack over the back wheel and my left foot is still slightly turned in even now because of it. It bloomin' hurts too, doesn't it?
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baby on board - No FM2R
