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Kids with no helmets

A generation of parents has failed the children... Then again, there is natural selection.

I try to befriend the kids and mentor them and explain why gear is cool, and important. I think my Kenny Roberts outfit helps.
 
Butch said:
A generation of parents has failed the children...
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Yeah I agree Butch. Back when I started to ride, my parents made sure I had the proper gear and enforced it. I was annoyed at the time, but thank them all the time now.
 
If he dies, he dies - Ivan Drago
 
Well, this simple act means little but it says a lot.

First, how did these kids get a couple of thousand dollar dirt bikes? Assuming they don't have wealthy but irresponsible parents, my guess is that they are stolen.

Next is the lesson of lawlessness through riding. I have a sport bike. I have exceeded the speed limit. I am also an adult without a criminal record and a real job. While maybe I am no better than these kids, I am making an informed choice about the law, responsibility to society, and the work of the police. My concern for these kids is that while a little hooliganism rarely hurts someone one, maybe this is the first step in flaunting the law: drug dealing, robbery, violent crime.

Finally, what can we do? Well keeping out bikes locked up is step one. Minimizing the hooliganism is probably helpful. Maybe stay involved with the community...
 
The parents thing is a bad angle because we've all done stuff like this, so I guess all parents are failures? No, this is just human nature. They can learn through tickets, injuries, reflection, mentoring as Butch has described, or not at all. None of us really have a leg to stand on with the legal angle either, at least not without being massive hypocrites as we speed, pass on the dy, punch babies, etc.
 
sanjuro said:
Well, this simple act means little but it says a lot.

First, how did these kids get a couple of thousand dollar dirt bikes? Assuming they don't have wealthy but irresponsible parents, my guess is that they are stolen.

Next is the lesson of lawlessness through riding. I have a sport bike. I have exceeded the speed limit. I am also an adult without a criminal record and a real job. While maybe I am no better than these kids, I am making an informed choice about the law, responsibility to society, and the work of the police. My concern for these kids is that while a little hooliganism rarely hurts someone one, maybe this is the first step in flaunting the law: drug dealing, robbery, violent crime.

Finally, what can we do? Well keeping out bikes locked up is step one. Minimizing the hooliganism is probably helpful. Maybe stay involved with the community...
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Riding without a helmet is frequently known as the gateway crime to a life of felonies. :laughing
 
we should try and get something passed that would automatically gift the bike to a family or school in need in the event one of these retards bites it without wearing a helmet:thumbup
 
Aware said:
The law was different when you were a baby. I've never lived or ridden anywhere where a helmet is not required by law. This is a legal issue.
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Aware said:
Wow.
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Aware said:
I knew there were lots of irresponsible dicks on the road, but something magical told me BARFers had more sense. Apparently there are fewer grown-ups here than I thought.


Let's try a different conversation. Car drivers who are texting.
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But......you are not the law. It isn't your bike, they aren't your kids. Ride your own bike.
 
metalmaster said:
almost as bad as riding in the back of a pickup truck
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Kids do stupid things. This just reminded me. I once had a friend as a kid who tried to wheelie off the bed of his dad's parked pickup truck on a bicycle. Tailgate was down. He made it 1/2 way before falling forward and landing on his head...without a helmet.
 
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