Comments on: 08/02/2012 – Tow ‘Em In http://yehudamoon.com/20120802/ Sat, 25 May 2013 19:11:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Widsith http://yehudamoon.com/20120802/#comment-54742 Widsith Fri, 03 Aug 2012 18:53:54 +0000 http://kickstandcomics/08022012/#comment-54742 Since I started wearing a helmet, I've been the "only* person in my neighborhood who does.  None of the kids, from teenagers on down to those barely big enough to balance a two-wheeler, wear helmets.  I've about decided to quit wearing mine too, since I only started in order to please someone else, and that doesn't seem like as a good a reason now as it once did.  Besides, it feels rather hypocritical to wear a helmet when I don't believe in them at all. Since I started wearing a helmet, I’ve been the “only* person in my neighborhood who does.  None of the kids, from teenagers on down to those barely big enough to balance a two-wheeler, wear helmets.  I’ve about decided to quit wearing mine too, since I only started in order to please someone else, and that doesn’t seem like as a good a reason now as it once did.  Besides, it feels rather hypocritical to wear a helmet when I don’t believe in them at all.

]]> By: Birch Creek http://yehudamoon.com/20120802/#comment-54741 Birch Creek Fri, 03 Aug 2012 14:53:42 +0000 http://kickstandcomics/08022012/#comment-54741 I myself mostly ride without a helmet (though I own one and use it occassionally, for certain rides). For some time, I used to wear it EVERYTIME when riding with our kids - to set an example etc., as has been already suggested here. Later on, I dropped this practice (for various reasons)... yet, as far as I can guess, the attitude of our children towards wearing helmets did not change. They never question the necessity to put it on, they just do it automatically before every ride, and most of them even "forget" to take it off during off-bike brakes etc. It seems that they take it as a given fact - kids always wear helmets (as the law requires here, btw), the adults have the opportunity to choose for themselves. Same as, for example, with alcohol... kids never drink it, adults are allowed, but some of them choose not to... :) Simple as that. I myself mostly ride without a helmet (though I own one and use it occassionally, for certain rides).
For some time, I used to wear it EVERYTIME when riding with our kids – to set an example etc., as has been already suggested here. Later on, I dropped this practice (for various reasons)… yet, as far as I can guess, the attitude of our children towards wearing helmets did not change. They never question the necessity to put it on, they just do it automatically before every ride, and most of them even “forget” to take it off during off-bike brakes etc.
It seems that they take it as a given fact – kids always wear helmets (as the law requires here, btw), the adults have the opportunity to choose for themselves. Same as, for example, with alcohol… kids never drink it, adults are allowed, but some of them choose not to… :)
Simple as that.

]]> By: Birch Creek http://yehudamoon.com/20120802/#comment-54745 Birch Creek Fri, 03 Aug 2012 14:39:03 +0000 http://kickstandcomics/08022012/#comment-54745 Leaving aside their pedal-power, I assume their wheels and spokes are made of.. kryptonite, perhaps? :) Leaving aside their pedal-power, I assume their wheels and spokes are made of.. kryptonite, perhaps? :)

]]> By: Cptjohnc http://yehudamoon.com/20120802/#comment-54740 Cptjohnc Fri, 03 Aug 2012 13:50:42 +0000 http://kickstandcomics/08022012/#comment-54740 As is compliant with the law in many jurisdictions, the kids appear to be wearing helmets.  The only issue I take with this image is that it is awfully hard to get kids to do things that their parents don't set the example, and visa versa (for example, kids of smokers are statistically much more likely to smoke themselves, etc...) As a parent, I'd argue that the irresponsibility is not in failing to wear a helmet, per se, but in failing to set the proper example for the kids before they're old enough to make truly responsible decisions for themselves, and thus encouraging a behavior that <i>might </i>be less safe, and is likely illegal for these kids for years to come.  Obviously this is merely my opinion, and YMMV As is compliant with the law in many jurisdictions, the kids appear to be wearing helmets.  The only issue I take with this image is that it is awfully hard to get kids to do things that their parents don’t set the example, and visa versa (for example, kids of smokers are statistically much more likely to smoke themselves, etc…)

As a parent, I’d argue that the irresponsibility is not in failing to wear a helmet, per se, but in failing to set the proper example for the kids before they’re old enough to make truly responsible decisions for themselves, and thus encouraging a behavior that might be less safe, and is likely illegal for these kids for years to come. 

Obviously this is merely my opinion, and YMMV

]]> By: Dkwolfe http://yehudamoon.com/20120802/#comment-54736 Dkwolfe Fri, 03 Aug 2012 12:58:42 +0000 http://kickstandcomics/08022012/#comment-54736 My "play bike" (trek 7200 fx) has the kid seat on the front, right behind the handle bars. MJ and I get to chat a lot, but I have often found her helmet resting on my arm because she has fallen asleep. Good times. My “play bike” (trek 7200 fx) has the kid seat on the front, right behind the handle bars. MJ and I get to chat a lot, but I have often found her helmet resting on my arm because she has fallen asleep. Good times.

]]> By: Tencon http://yehudamoon.com/20120802/#comment-54750 Tencon Fri, 03 Aug 2012 07:10:31 +0000 http://kickstandcomics/08022012/#comment-54750 <span style="font-family: Verdana; color: black; ">Thanks for that Pops!</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana; color: black; ">You just brought back a memory that I had lost - In the 1950s, recovering from wartime poverty, My Dad rode a bike around. He had fitted a saddle on the crossbar and another on the handlebars. My big Sister and I were transported around thus wise for a few years.</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana; color: black; "> </span> <span style="font-family: Verdana; color: black; ">I have one visual memory that has just returned which has been precious to me all my life.</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana; color: black; "> </span> <p><span style=" ">It was a sunny Saturday and the traffic was low as Dad rode into town with me on the handlebars. I remember the approach as we rode towards the '5-ways' junction near Coventry's railway station. It was a policeman-controlled place in the day and with 5 busy main roads meeting, he had quiet a job to keep everyone safe. Luckily it was the early 1950s (Maybe 1952/3?) and there was far more good will and road-legal driving than these days as the only people who could afford to buy and run cars were rich/intelligent etc? So we approached the junction and seeing us coming the policeman stopped all 5 road traffic and waved us through unmolested!</span> <p><span style=" "> </span> <p><span style=" ">I should point out that my had been a policemen and had recently been invalided from the force by being injured when apprehending some guys breaking into a shop. He suffered with epilepsy all his life as a result of being kicked in the head. The scar on the meninges put pressure on his brain bring epileptic attacks on. So maybe the policeman on duty had recognised him?</span> <p><span style=" ">We sailed through without stopping which is always a good feeling for us cyclists, especially when we can not only do it legally but also with the blessing of others. Me being perched on the bars must also have helped of course :-)</span> Thanks for that Pops!
You just brought back a memory that I had lost – In the 1950s, recovering from wartime poverty, My Dad rode a bike around. He had fitted a saddle on the crossbar and another on the handlebars. My big Sister and I were transported around thus wise for a few years.
 
I have one visual memory that has just returned which has been precious to me all my life.
 

It was a sunny Saturday and the traffic was low as Dad rode into town with me on the handlebars. I remember the approach as we rode towards the ’5-ways’ junction near Coventry’s railway station. It was a policeman-controlled place in the day and with 5 busy main roads meeting, he had quiet a job to keep everyone safe. Luckily it was the early 1950s (Maybe 1952/3?) and there was far more good will and road-legal driving than these days as the only people who could afford to buy and run cars were rich/intelligent etc? So we approached the junction and seeing us coming the policeman stopped all 5 road traffic and waved us through unmolested!

 

I should point out that my had been a policemen and had recently been invalided from the force by being injured when apprehending some guys breaking into a shop. He suffered with epilepsy all his life as a result of being kicked in the head. The scar on the meninges put pressure on his brain bring epileptic attacks on. So maybe the policeman on duty had recognised him?

We sailed through without stopping which is always a good feeling for us cyclists, especially when we can not only do it legally but also with the blessing of others. Me being perched on the bars must also have helped of course :-)

]]> By: Widsith http://yehudamoon.com/20120802/#comment-54739 Widsith Thu, 02 Aug 2012 21:01:45 +0000 http://kickstandcomics/08022012/#comment-54739 No. No.

]]> By: SeaBear http://yehudamoon.com/20120802/#comment-54737 SeaBear Thu, 02 Aug 2012 20:41:55 +0000 http://kickstandcomics/08022012/#comment-54737 WOOT!  A big dummy sighting...I swear by mine, most used bike in my stable! WOOT!  A big dummy sighting…I swear by mine, most used bike in my stable!

]]> By: bikedad11 http://yehudamoon.com/20120802/#comment-54738 bikedad11 Thu, 02 Aug 2012 20:23:48 +0000 http://kickstandcomics/08022012/#comment-54738 ok please helmets!!! ok please helmets!!!

]]> By: K'Tesh http://yehudamoon.com/20120802/#comment-54756 K'Tesh Thu, 02 Aug 2012 19:24:28 +0000 http://kickstandcomics/08022012/#comment-54756 Where's the Cat?!!! Where’s the Cat?!!!

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