Parents, please remind your kids...

I'm teaching my kid how to drive and this is one of the things I have been pointing out. Stop first at the greenbelt, check for people, then pull out to the end of the driveway. Kids and adults alike, so not check before crossing.

Was at HEB this afternoon, waiting for my groceries (had ordered on the website). Saw three bands of junior high/high school age kids come through on scooters. It had just rained so the parking lot was a little slick. Each band of kids had at least one kid looking at their cellphone. No one was wearing a helmet.I fell off the back of my brother's bike right before the start of fifth grade. It was the 90s, so no helmet. Last thing I remember was falling - next thing I know I woke up in my parents bed, the next day. I had amnesia for literally 24 hours and didn't fully recover for weeks. Concussions are no joke. I'm really, really glad these kids are outside (I ride thousands of miles a year on my bike) but I flinch every time I see one of them hauling a** without a helmet on.

There was some cheer competition in Houston last weekend. The car in front of us ran the red light and almost plowed into a group of Girls. The Girls in front stopped dead in their tracks. Everyone; walkers, people in the surrounding cars (with windows down) all gasped and screamed. It really only takes that one car, or "driver", not paying attention.

QueenB :
Yes, I noticed that few of the kids on scooters wear helmets and none stop at stop signs or slow down at driveways. Most of the kids on regular bicycles wear helmets.ER doctors in many states are reporting a dramatic increase in concussions and severe head injuries with ebikes and scooters. And want state legislators to vastly increase the penalties for not wearing a helmet.