Some people have no sense. Dangerous dad!

[Kenzie]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...d-5-years.html

There is a time and a place for messing about on bikes, but with your three year old on the tank??? Got what he deserved!

[timwilky]

Agree he shouldn't have been doing it on the road. However, there is a real lack of off road facilities where fathers/sons etc. can mess about on bikes irresponsibly.

Ican't comment as 30 years ago I used to have both my kids 6&7 over the marshes on a little 250cc Enduro,no helmets or protection.Luckily no one was ever hurt but when I think about it now it was irresponsible but we were having fun----times and peoples perspective change with time.
I may add that I had been riding over fields and hills for 15 years previous to this herding sheep and never thought anything of it.

Originally Posted by Dicky Ticker

Ican't comment as 30 years ago I used to have both my kids 6&7 over the marshes on a little 250cc Enduro,no helmets or protection.Luckily no one was ever hurt but when I think about it now it was irresponsible but we were having fun----times and peoples perspective change with time.
I may add that I had been riding over fields and hills for 15 years previous to this herding sheep and never thought anything of it.

This is how I got my love for bikes - I use to have my own helmet for on the road but very little else and I've lost count how many times I came off with my dad messing about on the wasteland next to us.

Shouldn't have been doing it on the road - but 5 years seem dramatic - thats what yo useem to get these days for mugging, raping and pillaging

[Sid Squid]

Personally I think his actions were a bit daft , but how righteous are we nowadays? Five years in jug? Ridiculous.

My first ride on a bike was in this manner:

Originally Posted by Sid Squid

My first ever trip on a bike on the road was when I was four, a Triumph with the luggage rack on the tank, (I think it was a T110 - it was a while ago), belonging to my Mum and Dad's friend Larry, being as I was very short, (I still am), I coudn't reach the footrests so I sat in front of Larry on the tank and held on to the rack, helmets were not compulsory then and no-one seemed particularly worried about such things.

Originally Posted by Dicky Ticker

times and peoples perspective change with time.

How true, from today's perspective the actions of the past were unsafe, from the perspective of the past today we are paranoid and unable to assess risks.

When people start having some thoughts of their own they'll realise neither is truly accurate.

Originally Posted by Quedos

Shouldn't have been doing it on the road - but 5 years seem dramatic - thats what yo useem to get these days for mugging, raping and pillaging

I think you will find there were a few other offences including a firearms charge and driving whilst disqualified that were taken into account.