Why do I keep seeing Middle and High Schoolers on Dirtbikes on ARL Roadways???

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It's CPS level bad parenting. I don't understand it. It's DCUM crowd kids doing it too.

I sincerely need someone who lets their kids do this come on here and start arguing with us and explain it. I don't get it.

How do you know it's DCUM crowd kids doing it?

To be blunt, it's rich white kids. I've seen them up close milling around the Cherrydale area a bunch of times. The shopping plaza that has the Arrowine store. And the ebikes are not cheap. I've been told by parents who recognize kids it's a lot of Hamm kids. An active bunch over on the school forums, to say the least.

Sounds about right. It was like that when we were there---peers were completely unsupervised and into all kinds of trouble with parents footing the bill for anything the kid's heart desired. And if one kid had it, they all had to have it.. Pulled our sons out and sent them to private--where 12-year olds aren't wearing $1,000 sneakers either.

Yes private school will fix the rich kid problem every time!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's CPS level bad parenting. I don't understand it. It's DCUM crowd kids doing it too.

I sincerely need someone who lets their kids do this come on here and start arguing with us and explain it. I don't get it.

How do you know it's DCUM crowd kids doing it?

To be blunt, it's rich white kids. I've seen them up close milling around the Cherrydale area a bunch of times. The shopping plaza that has the Arrowine store. And the ebikes are not cheap. I've been told by parents who recognize kids it's a lot of Hamm kids. An active bunch over on the school forums, to say the least.

Sounds about right. It was like that when we were there---peers were completely unsupervised and into all kinds of trouble with parents footing the bill for anything the kid's heart desired. And if one kid had it, they all had to have it.. Pulled our sons out and sent them to private--where 12-year olds aren't wearing $1,000 sneakers either.

Yes private school will fix the rich kid problem every time!

More diversity than Hamm and Williamsburg and uniforms. And disciplinary action. Better parent group- invested in kids - don’t buy them this cr@p and send them out unsupervised. Best decision we ever made.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It's bad parenting.

You are buys if you think it’s good parents. Did you get your kid one, they pop wheelies and go 40 mph down Harrison and Langston. They aren’t in bike lanes, they don’t obey stop signs or lights. I’ve had them cut me off many times. Williamsburg has banned them, but some bad parents who lives across the street from the school let the kids park them then they walk to school. They are basically motorcycles and are being driving by 12, 13 and 14 year olds who have no idea what the are doing. A kid is going to get killed. Luckily, the batteries done work in cold weather so we should eh seeing a lot fewer of them.

That is outrageous. Omg

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I had one going top speed (28-30 mph) on E-bike run the red light at the Arlington Courthouse/Clarendon Blvd light by the CVs and missed me by inches….and then ran the next two red lights to go down Veitch and narrowly missed an 80-year old woman.

He was wearing a helmet but if he hit either of us at that speed we would have been very seriously injured, if not dead!!!!

My neighbor runs on the bike trails and has seen a very bad collision between one of these and a regular bike.

Depending on the type of e-bike, the most expensive can get up to 45mph.

In wealthy Arlington County, the keeping up with the Jones likely have this model. I saw 4th graders with the highest/most expensive iPhones, $1,000 sneakers, back when my kids were in public in Arlington County. They also drink/smoke/vape in the woods at that one park…forget the name.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's bad parenting.

You are buys if you think it’s good parents. Did you get your kid one, they pop wheelies and go 40 mph down Harrison and Langston. They aren’t in bike lanes, they don’t obey stop signs or lights. I’ve had them cut me off many times. Williamsburg has banned them, but some bad parents who lives across the street from the school let the kids park them then they walk to school. They are basically motorcycles and are being driving by 12, 13 and 14 year olds who have no idea what the are doing. A kid is going to get killed. Luckily, the batteries done work in cold weather so we should eh seeing a lot fewer of them.

Omg. These are the same parents who will have drunk driving teens in a few years. Very big issue in that area.

Sadly, this is a reality. DD is a big issue in that Williamsburg area.

[Anonymous]

Where is someone explaining giving these bikes to kids? I sincerely would love to hear it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Where is someone explaining giving these bikes to kids? I sincerely would love to hear it.

Same poster again. Because the parents who let the kids run around drunk in high school have zero problem defending it on DCUM. I'm interested in the thought process.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's bad parenting.

You are buys if you think it’s good parents. Did you get your kid one, they pop wheelies and go 40 mph down Harrison and Langston. They aren’t in bike lanes, they don’t obey stop signs or lights. I’ve had them cut me off many times. Williamsburg has banned them, but some bad parents who lives across the street from the school let the kids park them then they walk to school. They are basically motorcycles and are being driving by 12, 13 and 14 year olds who have no idea what the are doing. A kid is going to get killed. Luckily, the batteries done work in cold weather so we should eh seeing a lot fewer of them.

Omg. These are the same parents who will have drunk driving teens in a few years. Very big issue in that area.

I've seen them doing wheelie's on major roads, blowing through stop signs, and menacing cars. These kids are so young.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's CPS level bad parenting. I don't understand it. It's DCUM crowd kids doing it too.

I sincerely need someone who lets their kids do this come on here and start arguing with us and explain it. I don't get it.

How do you know it's DCUM crowd kids doing it?

To be blunt, it's rich white kids. I've seen them up close milling around the Cherrydale area a bunch of times. The shopping plaza that has the Arrowine store. And the ebikes are not cheap. I've been told by parents who recognize kids it's a lot of Hamm kids. An active bunch over on the school forums, to say the least.

Sounds about right. It was like that when we were there---peers were completely unsupervised and into all kinds of trouble with parents footing the bill for anything the kid's heart desired. And if one kid had it, they all had to have it.. Pulled our sons out and sent them to private--where 12-year olds aren't wearing $1,000 sneakers either.

Yes private school will fix the rich kid problem every time!

More diversity than Hamm and Williamsburg and uniforms. And disciplinary action. Better parent group- invested in kids - don’t buy them this cr@p and send them out unsupervised. Best decision we ever made.

So...parochial school.

[Anonymous]

BC mommy and daddy purchase those bikes and allow it.

Duh.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's bad parenting.

You are buys if you think it’s good parents. Did you get your kid one, they pop wheelies and go 40 mph down Harrison and Langston. They aren’t in bike lanes, they don’t obey stop signs or lights. I’ve had them cut me off many times. Williamsburg has banned them, but some bad parents who lives across the street from the school let the kids park them then they walk to school. They are basically motorcycles and are being driving by 12, 13 and 14 year olds who have no idea what the are doing. A kid is going to get killed. Luckily, the batteries done work in cold weather so we should eh seeing a lot fewer of them.

Omg. These are the same parents who will have drunk driving teens in a few years. Very big issue in that area.

I've seen them doing wheelie's on major roads, blowing through stop signs, and menacing cars. These kids are so young.

Same thing in my west coast city. White rich kids who attend private schools. My DD is in 5th grade and has recognized her classmates and 6th and 7th graders popping wheelies in a major intersection with 2-3 lanes of traffic in 5 directions. These kids are idiots who don’t have the brainpower to navigate a skateboard down a sidewalk yet their parents are giving them what are essentially motorcycles and saying see you at 6 pm.

And the kids are wearing full-face-coverage helmets so it’s not like the parents are deluding themselves that these are normal bikes!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's bad parenting.

You are buys if you think it’s good parents. Did you get your kid one, they pop wheelies and go 40 mph down Harrison and Langston. They aren’t in bike lanes, they don’t obey stop signs or lights. I’ve had them cut me off many times. Williamsburg has banned them, but some bad parents who lives across the street from the school let the kids park them then they walk to school. They are basically motorcycles and are being driving by 12, 13 and 14 year olds who have no idea what the are doing. A kid is going to get killed. Luckily, the batteries done work in cold weather so we should eh seeing a lot fewer of them.

Omg. These are the same parents who will have drunk driving teens in a few years. Very big issue in that area.

Sadly, this is a reality. DD is a big issue in that Williamsburg area.

Yes I have one at Yorktown. They are not the ones riding these things. They have cars. Also, freshman parents are throwing parties and supplying alcohol. Some parents want their kids to be the cool ones.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's CPS level bad parenting. I don't understand it. It's DCUM crowd kids doing it too.

I sincerely need someone who lets their kids do this come on here and start arguing with us and explain it. I don't get it.

How do you know it's DCUM crowd kids doing it?

Word at WMS is a kid got kicked out of st Agnes and was staring this week.
To be blunt, it's rich white kids. I've seen them up close milling around the Cherrydale area a bunch of times. The shopping plaza that has the Arrowine store. And the ebikes are not cheap. I've been told by parents who recognize kids it's a lot of Hamm kids. An active bunch over on the school forums, to say the least.

Sounds about right. It was like that when we were there---peers were completely unsupervised and into all kinds of trouble with parents footing the bill for anything the kid's heart desired. And if one kid had it, they all had to have it.. Pulled our sons out and sent them to private--where 12-year olds aren't wearing $1,000 sneakers either.

Yes private school will fix the rich kid problem every time!

More diversity than Hamm and Williamsburg and uniforms. And disciplinary action. Better parent group- invested in kids - don’t buy them this cr@p and send them out unsupervised. Best decision we ever made.

So...parochial school.

[Anonymous]

Also crazy in McLean. Some evenings they go down the middle of the road (between lanes) and have no lights on. It’s really mind boggling. I have to think at least some of these parents don’t know exactly how reckless the kids are being.

[Anonymous]

Better on the roads than on paved trails in parks imo.
--pedestrian park user