Comments on: I just became your bubbie

By: Blair Peters

Blair Peters — Sat, 22 Jul 2006 01:46:19 +0000

He is lucky to have been wearing a helmet! You are speaking out because you care -maybe those crazy women know something afterall.

By: Mary

Mary — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 22:26:29 +0000

I would have stuck that sidelkick right in his face!!!

And I am “that woman,” too, constantly horrifying the 18-y-o version of myself. For all the years I spent smoking, drinking and generally acting like a ‘ho, I’m now embarking on even more years spent lecturing those who did the same stuff I did. Help!

By: jenna

jenna — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 21:50:08 +0000

So what if you were that “woman” which I doubt you really were, cause you are obviously too cool to be, but anyways. That woman, as annoying as she can be sometimes, usually has a good point. Don’t forget to breathe!

By: Melissa (oddharmonic)

Melissa (oddharmonic) — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 18:50:23 +0000

I am that woman about safety things like car seats, seat belts, and sport safety gear.

I grew up around military bases, where anyone on a bicycle on base is required to wear a helmet.

It didn’t occur to me that people didn’t wear helmets until I moved to Dallas, where helmets are currently only mandatory for cyclists under 18, and I saw children riding in the parking lot of our complex without helmets. *cringes*

I knew the necessity of helmets really stuck with my then five-year-old daughter when she spotted a neighbor’s child riding without a helmet and asked me if we could give them her toddler helmet.

I’m seriously considering buying an assortment of children’s sized Bell helmets since they’re available at a discount — $6.99 per helmet with a minimum order of one dozen — through the Texas Bicycle Coalition.

By: DOUG.

DOUG. — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 18:09:59 +0000

Also, as of 2003 it is illegal to ride a bike in Seattle without a helmet. I’m not a big fan of the law (I prefer Darwin’s Laws in this case) but the kid could be slapped with a $30 fine. I would think that messenger services would require them for their riders.