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This thread is about the father's ungenerous and snide reaction towards a pedestrian, into which his four-year-old collided. Not about whether said child should have been cycling on the pavement. It's a thread about parenting so stop hijacking it, just so you can showcase, yet again, your vast and superior knowledge about roads, bikes, cars, driving, the law, pavements, ebikes, LTNs. PCNs, lanes, lines, speed limits, helmets, lights, dayglow, lycra etc etc etc. -
Children as young as 8, with a responsible adult, could and should be riding on the road if they are competent and confident. Many from aged 9 onward get the chance to learn road riding skills at school and get out on the highway. We should be normalising this. Society, be it parents who are ultra-cautious, and many drivers who may see cyclists as a nuisance/inferior and worse still don't understand the rule of priority, and giving cyclists appropriate space, is the issue. Boroughs wide 20 mph are a great thing in this respect. It isn't legal for anyone to scoot or cycle on the pavement. As you say police will not take any action against children, and some will argue here against any cyclist on the pavement. The latter part of the sentence is another issue. -
EVs don't have to be huge, nor do ICE vechicles, but sadly many owners and drivers do choose heavy vehicles, egged on no doubt by manufacturers, influencers and the like, and a misguided view on road safety. As regards to 'safer' vehicles, the increase in weight goes back decades and is not a sudden thing. Again 'safer' vehicles do not need to be huge.
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EVs don't have to be huge. I used to work for Th!nk in Norway. We put the battery under the seat & had a 2 + 2. It was also 98% recyclable & the first car that could communicate to with a phone. Sadly went into receivership in 2012. Note that we were developing a battery with Tesla in the early days but they pulled out as they didn't have the funding. Musk wasn't as much of an upstart in those days but we still thought he was a *fill this space with your own version* Crumple zones also don't have to be that big either, there are several small cars that meet the Euro N Cap rating. There is more danger in larger cars for pedestrian impact as they can damage vital organs or head injuries due to the height of the impact.
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