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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Something about this story doesn’t add up.

Your son was legally allowed to bicycle on the sidewalk?  Check.
Neighbors left their can on the sidewalk?  Check.
WHY didn’t your son avoid the trash can?  He needs glasses or he was riding too fast to stop?  Or something else entirely?

The fact is, your kid will be driving a car in a few years.  Avoiding obstacles that could cause an accident should be an obvious responsibility.  [/quote]

I have a 12 year old.  He either wasn't paying attention or going too fast that when he tried to swerve at the last minute, he lost control of the bike.  My bet is going too fast.  Its been a common complaint on our town's Facebook page about kids going so fast on their bikes that they can't safely avoid anything that gets in their path.   [/quote]

I'm confused because I was an idiot kid who rode too fast on the sidewalk.  You just... go on the grass?  Does this kid not know how to ride his bike?[/quote]

That's probably the problem.   He goes too fast for his ability.   If you can go fast and maneuver your bike around a trash can, you're fine.  If you end up breaking your leg because you can't avoid a trash can, you need to ride much slower.   I'd be more sympathetic if it was a hose or a rake or something low to the ground.  But come on OP.  Don't be THAT parent.  [/quote]

This is interesting. These are a lot of maybes maybe this. Maybe that maybe whatever I think that would op is noting is that the evidence shows trash can and sidewalk trial and that's the you know requirement of actual proof. There's no way to prove someone was going too quickly or not without having some type of odometer which I doubt op's child had. And even then I believe the law in Virginia states you have to be under 20 mph. Or maybe it's some subjective based upon what is safe. But I believe 20 mph and I doubt that op's child was going 20 mph on the sidewalk as a 12-year-old[/quote]

I'm sorry, I don't speak gibberish.  [/quote]

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