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Children Riding Motorbikes - Are They Safe?

There is no doubt about it children love riding motorbikes. And their parents encourage this interest - sometimes foolishly, according to some health-care specialists. Are very small children capable of making the quick judgements necessary when riding motorbikes? Apparently not, according to child-development experts. Yet right across Australia children as young as three years old are being bought motorbikes for Christmas.

The result? They often end up in hospital with serious spinal injuries, head injuries or fractures at the least. Motorbikes can go at a speed that is much too fast for little children to handle, but the older child may well be able to ride a motorbike so long as the venue is safe. There should be no potholes or rocks, for instance. Older children can understand safety rules and learn to ride safely. They can have tremendous fun on motorbikes of their own or hired ones at a riding venue. But really they need to have one of their own so that they can practice a lot. Practicing in a safe place will hone their skills and help to keep them safer.

Often a love of motorbikes in early years has translated into developing self-esteem and the skills needed to make them into safe and reliable riders and drivers. An interest in riding motorbikes can become a family event that forges bonds as Dad spends quality time with his children. But it is wiser to keep that three-year-old on a trike. He or she will grow older soon enough and no doubt be eager to follow in an older brother's footsteps riding motorbikes.

Mel writes about riding motorbikes, handy hints for finding motorcycle parts among other automotive related topics.

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