Would you ever…in your entire life….drive your child to school on a motorcycle?
I’m sorry the picture is so bad (I don’t have one of those fancy iPhones y’all have) but this was outside dropping Charlotte off at school today and I thought it was a very interesting subject.
I would say this girl was somewhere in the 8-9yr old range.
I am not sure if I could ever be this liberal of a parent. I don’t even like Charlotte checking the mail alone, much less throw her on the back of a motorcycle.
Helmet…or no helmet.
Then again, as a parent of an only child, I may be slightly overprotective.
Would you?
~Trisha
No, I wouldn’t. I don’t like the idea of my kid being so open to traffic! I’m a carseat maniac anyway
I personally wouldn’t put my child on the back of a motorcycle however I can’t knock someone that uses one as their primary means of transportation.
Seems extremely dangerous but odds are the kid is used to it.
I don’t care for motorcycles but my husband loves them. In this situation, he could be a single dad and being a “guy” like my husband, he probably thinks nothing of it. Me, I am overprotective to and my children all ride to school in my SUV or car.
No way! My father was killed as another driver hit him while he was riding a motercycle. If he would have been in a car I still would have him today. I just think it is not worth the risk.
I’m overprotective, but yes I would allow my child on the back of a bike.
Yes, I’d let them. But then again, I distinctly remember going to kindergarten on the back of my dad’s bike
perhaps…..and I would consider myself a conservative parent. I think if it was a short distance and my husband had been riding for a while I would be ok with it.
Just saw this today at my son’s school too!
It’s a lifestyle choice. Bet those kids grew up with Dad/Mom on a bike and just know how to be safe on one.
I’d have to say no. First off, I’m a chicken. Second, I don’t like pain, and third, I don’t like my children to be exposed to either pain, or me being a chicken. And if someone put me on a motorcycle I think there would be chicken everywhere.
My answer “No.” My husband is even a motorcycle owner. He wears a helmet, the chaps, letter jacket the works, but still “No.”
Why, because my husband had to lay his bike down one time when a lady made an illegal left turn right in front of him. To keep from hitting her car and probably flying over it, he opted to lay his bike down.
It tore up his clothes, and his skin was burned. His shoulder and hip hurt. The lady left the scene of the accident and the cop who actually witnessed the whole thing didn’t take off after her or get the license number of her vehicle because he said he stayed because he was worried about my husband. I wish he would have at least got the license number.
My husband’s bike was scratched, a side mirror broken and bent. Thankfully his motorcycle insurance paid for the things damaged, but still.
I don’t think a child would have faired as well if they’d been on the back of the bike. They would not have anticipated what my husband was going to do with laying the bike down. The child may have still flown over or off of the motorcycle.
“No” I wouldn’t have felt comfortable if it were my kids.
I would be OK with it provided all safety regulations are followed (helmet etc.).
I couldnt do it. I just dont trust the way people drive at all. Texting, talking, eating – too many distracted drivers.
I’m fairly anti-motorcycle because I know two people who were killed on motorcycles, but even if I wasn’t, there’s no way I’d let my daughter ride on one.
I don’t think I could be this ‘cool’ …. Jeff wants a motorcycle but I am not even okay with this LOL!!