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If it makes you feel better about the dog, they were going very slowly. He was basically walking it, just while rolling along on a bike. As you can see, no car traffic, so no problem.

In terms of riding with kids on the bike – the number one killer of children, and in fact of anyone under age 35 in the U.S., is automobile crashes and collisions. The vast majority of people dying in said crashes and collisions are the occupants of the cars. That suggests to me that anything a parent can do to minimize their child’s time inside a car is probably a good thing. Not to mention that, if people choose not to drive, that makes it inherently safer to not drive, as it is one less automobile to get hit by. We can’t effect change unless we make the change ourselves.

I generally trust most parents to be responsible with their kids, as I trust they care about them and would not put them in a situation where they felt their safety was at risk. The reality of the situation is, even in a situation which may be uncomfortable for a person on a bicycle, in comparative terms, it’s not often actually dangerous. In contrast, driving a car, which usually feels safe and comfortable, there is actually a high level of danger due to the speeds involved, and the complacency that is often encouraged by that feeling of safety and comfort.