Children on bikes

[Gary L]

has anyone noticed a new craze of children on bikes trying to get hit by cars?
if not hit, then just a general stubbornness towards cars on the road.

The last week or two, I've seen them on this road just riding in the road and making the cars either slow down or stop. and just seen one kid sit on his bike with the front wheel against the kerb and the rest of the bike taking up the width of the road.

he was sitting there waiting for a car to come, and had no intention of moving out of the road when it did.

Is there a new craze going on, or are they really getting braver the older they get?

[Paul]

General stupidity plus the thought that it's never their fault so they won't get hurt no matter what they do. I watched a group walk out from behind a bus this week, look straight at a van driver and walk straight in front of him when he was about 3 feet from them. Kids like this need taking out of the gene pool. Maybe the kids you saw had taken part in the new government on road cycle training that basically teaches them sod all apart from to not be afraid of traffic ... yeah well done, job accomplished

[Taf]

Waiting for my daughter to come out of college I watched in despair at 2 early teen boys riding round and round in circles, trying to pull wheelies... right accross the width of a busy road! No fear of traffic, no reaction to car horns, no grey matter in their skulls (well that will happen after they get hit hard by a vehicle that doesn't spot them in time).

Even a police car was dismissed without a hint of worry... and the police just drove away!!