New Zealand cyclist arrested for not wearing a helmet.

[glenn forger]

However he behaved isn't the kid's fault.

 

[Profpointy]

Possibly - however it's another case of 'it's somebody else's duty to care for my children' well no it isn't it's YOURS. You know the law - you break the law - someone asks you [and it seems quite reasonably] to comply or at least prove a willingness to comply and you start mouthing off and the outcome is of course somebody else's fault. Secondly it was not a road it was a coastal path , possibly ridden by many children of that age daily. Third what exactly did he do to make certain of his daughter's safety himself ? He passed over his phone and said 'ring mother' - does he not know how to use the phone ?
Like many speeding motorists if you break the law and you get caught shut up and accept it - the responsibility WAS HIS - he was the so called adult, he was the parent and he behaved like a spoilt brat.

Just think about what you're saying for a moment. We have a so-say safety motivated law, and to enforce it we arrest someone leaving his child alone unsupervised. It's not as if he's a robber or whatever. Who is the "victim" of his heinous crime exactly?

At some risk of a strawman, it's the same kind of logic that would encourage an officer to knock someone off his bike for going helmetless.

 

[Pat "5mph"]

Ta Da

We have one in Glasgow too

 

[winjim]

Third what exactly did he do to make certain of his daughter's safety himself ? He passed over his phone and said 'ring mother' - does he not know how to use the phone?

If he was under arrest I expect he wasn't allowed to use his phone.