I remember my little brother at age 4 on his old-fashioned, 20" wheel, high and tippy tricycle, sprinting down our concrete driveway (which had a slight slope), going for gold. Not invariably but very often he'd gradually tip over forward and sideways and, since he had a big head on a stick body, usually hit head first with a loud "thunk". Screams, sobs, subsidence, repeat frequently. He's uncommonly level headed today -- more so than I.
I grew up cycling in 3d world countries where bicycles were just part of the everyday, horrible traffic conditions, and no one would have thought of wearing a helmet any more than wearing an asbestos suit to cook the evening dal or posho over their charcoal or kerosene fires. From my recollections, auto and common carrier accidents were far more common than bike accidents. On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 9:28 AM, Scott Henry <[email protected]> wrote: > I saw a 3 year old on training wheels hit the curb yesterday in my > neighborhood. She was going maybe 2 miles an hour and fell over into the > grass. She was helmetless and laughing. Apparently lucky to be alive. > > Scott > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
