A regular cyclist I know, who is a traffic engineer, cycles on the the
road regularly with his 5-yr-old son. I'm sure this will help his son
become a competent cyclist at an early age. Earlier today, while out for
a ride shortly after reading the SafeKids report, I happened upon a
group of five students riding home from school. All appeared to be under
age 10, and they were riding quite competently (surprisingly so,
considering local cycling culture) on a busy street.

I still would like to know if there's been any research on this subject,
something that would shed light on why SafeKids would make such a
sweeping statement.


Darrell Noakes
Saskatoon, SK CANADA
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www.SaskatoonCyclingClub.ca <http://www.SaskatoonCyclingClub.ca>
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Michael Graff wrote:
> On 6/2/06, Darrell Noakes <borealis@...> wrote:
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>> Part of the report states that children under 10 must not be allowed to
>> ride on the road.
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> Oops, I guess that makes me a Bad Father. My kids were way younger
> than 10 when they first took to the streets with me, as I taught them
> the basics of VC.
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