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[quote=Anonymous]An avid and very confident bike commuter myself, I'd like to second hesitations to let teenagers bike themselves to school in this city's urban environment, especially not in regular traffic on streets with no special bike provisions. Entire bike culture countries will tell you not to let any child under the age of 12 ride on the street, simply because their brain cannot handle the constant three-point attention biking requires, notwithstanding a teenager's tendency to bend rules and take risks. If you do consider biking for middle school students, then start very early with that, on sidewalks, and train them to bike - almost eyes closed - on a routine route that is amenable to biking (lanes, traffic lights, four-way stops, and free of complex intersections). Make it as free as possible of decisions and discretion and see to it that as much as possible of their commute is governed by lights and signs (which their brain should be trained to obey without thinking).[/quote]

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