Bikes 'too dangerous' for school?
No wonder the traffic is delightful when the schools are on holiday. I pity the youth of today being driven, or if over 15 driving themselves, to school and missing the freedom, adventure and occasion...
No wonder the traffic is delightful when the schools are on holiday. I pity the youth of today being driven, or if over 15 driving themselves, to school and missing the freedom, adventure and occasional life/death experience of cycling to school.
I fondly remember the after school bicycle Grand Prix as hundreds of bikes tore off down Don Buck Rd. It looked like a Tour De France peloton except there was no lycra. Yep, there were a few prangs but that’s how you learn about life, risk and responsibility.
Why are the roads “too dangerous” for bikes? Perhaps because all the children are going to school by car.
Bikes 'too dangerous' for largest secondary school - Auckland news on Stuff.co.nz
“Only six students bike to and from Australasia's largest secondary school with a roll of more than 3000…
Bikes 'too dangerous' for largest secondary school - Auckland news on Stuff.co.nz
“Only six students bike to and from Australasia's largest secondary school with a roll of more than 3000…
Trips to school, college or universities make up 40 percent of morning peak traffic congestion according to regional council statistics.”
Trips to school, college or universities make up 40 percent of morning peak traffic congestion according to regional council statistics.”
