Get On Your Bike Javid

[SueEllen]

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/202...five-year-old/

Police have sided with Jeremy Vine in a row over a car "squeezing" past a five-year-old cyclist on the road, after Sajid Javid placed blame at the feet of the child's father.
The controversial video, which is splitting opinions on road safety, shows a motorist not slowing down or stopping when driving past the young boy cycling to school on a narrow lane.

It has sparked a heated debate about road safety for cyclists, including between Mr Javid and Mr Vine.

Durham Constabulary's Road and Armed Policing team took the BBC presenter's side, saying: "The car has more than adequate space to stop / slow / give way. Squeezing past as they did is inexcusable."

The force also tweeted: "Cars do not, have not and will not, own the road. Don’t blame kids for the actions of adults."

Ashley and his son were cycling on a road in Kingston, southwest London, when the dark blue Ford drove closely past them without slowing down or stopping.

The Londoner can be heard calling the driver an "idiot" and saying that they "should have absolutely stopped" to make way for him and his son.

[vetran]

not sure having a 5 year old riding on the road is a wise idea most other road users are feckwits!

[SueEllen]

not sure having a 5 year old riding on the road is a wise idea most other road users are feckwits!

And this driving instructor agrees with you that the kid is the only one here with common sense

[PCTNN]

I'm a pedestrian, a cyclist, and a driver.

Pedestrians are assholes
Cyclists are assholes
Drivers are assholes

Everyone on the roads in the uk is an asshole.

[vetran]

And this driving instructor agrees with you that the kid is the only one here with common sense

At 5 its unfair and frankly mental to assume your child is safe with other road users, as the instructor basically said the father and driver were blooming idiots. I wouldn't have my child at 5 on such a dangerous patch of road without a lead & tail cyclist . There are plenty of cycle paths & parks round us use them.

If I saw a 5 year old with their parent on the pavement I would nod & smile even if the parent is too old to ride on the pavement. So long as they stop for the elderly then fine.

[_V_]

Roads were invented before cars. In the past they were for horses and people and for moving livestock. Roads need to all be made traffic free**

** Zero emissions vehicles are acceptable as they are saving humanity from Climate Disaster.

[vetran]

Roads were invented before cars. In the past they were for horses and people and for moving livestock. Roads need to all be made traffic free**

** Zero emissions vehicles are acceptable as they are saving humanity from Climate Disaster.

A one ton killing machine versus a child too young to be held responsible for their actions is not going to end well. That is just physics & common sense.

[SueEllen]

Roads were invented before cars. In the past they were for horses and people and for moving livestock. Roads need to all be made traffic free**

** Zero emissions vehicles are acceptable as they are saving humanity from Climate Disaster.

Your sentiments seem to follow the driver and the father in the clip, not the child.