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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If the Park Police were out there arresting UNC DINKWADs for letting Fido run around Battery Kemble with leashless abandon or impounding MD-played Lexuses that have run up thousands in unpaid speeding camera fines, would you still so be gleeful? It’s cute how excited you get when people are arrested for committing ticketable offenses you don’t partake in yet recoil in horror at the enforcement of other laws you willfully disregard.[/quote]

I would love it if they started arrested cyclists for their blatant disregard for pretty much all traffic laws, especially when they have children on board. [/quote]

Aren't you worried about the trauma this would create in the children?[/quote]

Maybe the kids would actually learn something about safety.

Fascinating how drivers are required to protect their kids in car seats until they’re like 12 years old (which is a little overboard but on balance probably fine) while cyclists can do basically whatever with a kid on board who has essentially zero protection if an accident happens. [/quote]

I saw a cyclist with what looked like a three month old in the basket on the front of her bike. That person should be arrested. [/quote]

In 2023, 559 children were killed in cars in motor vehicle accidents, 136 died as pedestrians, and 31 died as cyclists after being hit by cars. That same year, 29 kids died from being left alone in hot cars. In 2022, over 2,500 children died from firearms. The statistics seem pretty clear that, if you’re really concerned about keeping children safe, bikes should be among the least of your worries.[/quote]

THE TOP THREE CAUSES OF DEATH BY AGE GROUP

0 to less than 28 days after birth:
Conditions due to premature birth (short gestation) and low birth weight
Developmental and genetic conditions that were present at birth
Maternal complications of pregnancy

28 days through 11 months after birth:
Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)
Accidents (unintentional injuries)
Developmental and genetic conditions that were present at birth

1 to 4 years:
Accidents (unintentional injuries)
Developmental and genetic conditions that were present at birth
Homicide

5 to 9 years:
Accidents (unintentional injuries)
Cancer
Homicide

10 to 14 years
Accidents (unintentional injuries)
Suicide (intentional self-harm)
Cancer

Automobile accounts for the largest number of accidental deaths. All infants and children should use the proper child car seats, booster seats, and seat belts.

Other top causes of accidental death are drowning, fire, falls, and poisoning.

https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/001915.htm#:~:text=Accidents%20(unintentional%20injuries)%20are%2C,death%20among%20children%20and%20teens.&text=0%20to%20less%20than%2028,that%20were%20present%20at%20birth

Looks like bicycles are pretty safe.  Gun deaths mostly due to youth criminal activity, gangs, drugs in later teen years.

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