So the silly season has started...make that the “stupid” season.

Since the clocks have changed and we have had the darker evenings, I have seen quite a few children out on their bikes.

But I have yet to see one showing any sort of illumination.

Most of them are dressed darkly, with no lights and are hurtling down the road or pavement; when on the road, often on the wrong side of it.

So they are proving to have an incredible lack of common sense.

I ask the parents, what are you doing to ensure your child’s safety? It is your responsibility, and if you allow your kids out like this, you are neglecting them. You are allowing them to commit offences everytime they go out like this. Get a copy of the Highway Code and read up on this.

Get your kids to read it too.

Teachers -what are you doing to educate them?

Come on, there are too many kids being injured or killed on our roads.

Losing them this way is totally unneccesary and so easily avoided.

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