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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No, the 13-year-old would not NEED a safety vest. But it can't hurt -- except that I am worried that non-biking people will start to think that all bikers should wear safety vests, and if you didn't wear one and you got hit by a car, that means that you were negligent.[/quote]

[b]Every sentence here is SO wrong.[/b]
I hope your child will never be severely injured or die in a biking incident.

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Why do you say that? Do you think it's negligent if a bicyclist does not wear a safety vest? Should one have to wear special clothes in order to bike somewhere? Do you think it's negligent if a pedestrian does not wear a safety vest?

But yes, I also hope that my child will never be severely injured or die in a biking incident, or indeed any transportation incident, and I hope that same for your child, and for everybody's child.[/quote]

Are you serious?

1. Always wear a helmet.
*2. Wear high visibility clothing. Wear safety vest.
*3. Your bike must have a white front and red back light. Those must be turned on.
*4. Your bike must have reflectors on the front and back wheel.

* is for when visibility is not blue skies, 100% daylight like early in the morning, in the evening, when it's rainy, foggy etc.

Anything else IS negligence.

There is a reason these rules exist for cars - and as long as you participate in traffic on the street the same rules should apply. Not sure how far along the law in the US is (don't think far along at all) but yeah...it saves lives. And there is zero reason not to do these things except stupidity. And no that cannot be put in any nicer words.[/quote]

This is the smartest answer I have read on DCUM in a while.  + a million billion[/quote]

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