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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If a child is in a car, they have be strapped into a car seat that meets federal safety standards or they have to be seat belted in.

But if that child is on a bike, on the very same road, then no safety rules apply at all? How can this be?[/quote]

Cars go 60-70mph.  Bikes don't, especially people biking with kids.

It would be great to have a real conversation about safety standards but that's going to happen with people who actually care about kids and are looking at data. Not whiny drivers who just don't want bicyclists in their way.[/quote]

The speed of the bike is irrelevant. The issue is what happens when a 4,000 pound car hits a bike with a child on it who has essentially nothing protecting them. [/quote]

Which is why we need better bike infrastructure, including protected bike lanes.[/quote]

That seems like a poor use of resources, since so few people ride bikes. If you want to save the environment or at least feel like you're kinda, sorta doing something to save the environment, take the bus or subway. [/quote]

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