Profpointy
Legendary Member
Sarcastic... no .... i was walking 2 miles to school from 6 ... but that was then, this is now ..... and their banned from cycling to school unless accompanied by an adult ... banned meaning they cannot enter school grounds with the bike .... The honey mummies would burst out crying if you suggested the kids walk to school themselves ....
I totally agree with your sentiment ..
It's all rather sad isn't it? That said, I dare say traffic genuinely is the biggest risk to kids, and something should be done, but stopping kids walking (or cycling) seems to curtailing "victim" rather than solving the problem. There is an inherent injustice in the convenience of motoring outweighing the risks to others. As an aside I was in a hotel maybe a mile outside Slough, looked at the map - 10 minutes walk - it is the most dangerous walk I've ever done with cars missing me by inches with my back pressed into the hedge. Fair enough no pavement on such a road, but I've never been on a road which was essentially impossible to walk on. Cycling would have been grim too. It was doubtless a relatively quiet B-road outside rush hour