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Six year old cycled into couple

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Itwasntme1 · 12/05/2020 20:02

I wondered if anyone has seen the footage of the sox year old who cycled into the couple walking the dog.

Interested in views on it. I assume the child didn’t know how to stop, so she ploughed on through the couple.

None of the adults covered themselves in glory. The dad should have stoped her and then stopped filming to comfort her. The couple should have checked she was okay, and the man should absolutely not have kicked her bike.

Not in any way excusing the dreadful behaviour of the horrible man, but surely most parents would have caught up with her and told her to wait. He didn’t even know if the couple heard.

www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/man-kicks-terrified-six-year-22013795

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Rhubardandcustard · 12/05/2020 22:22

No good shouting excuse me. They could have been deaf for all he knew.

They were both in the wrong. The dad for letting the girl continue to cycle and the man didn’t need to kick the bike

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Itwasntme1 · 12/05/2020 22:23

@SnoozyLou my reaction exactly. Three very unpleasant adults in this video.

If a small child bumped up against me on her bike, fell to the ground and cried I would immediately check if she was hurt.

While the dad is awful, so are the two dog walkers. Very aggressive.

And I still can get over an adult kicking a crying six year old child’s bike. It says a lot about his character.

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Itwasntme1 · 12/05/2020 22:24

I hope he is feeling ashamed of himself this evening. However the type of guy who will kick a kids bike is probably quite proud of his behaviour.

jerk.

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Justaboy · 12/05/2020 22:25

Prat dad for letting it happen.

Dumb couple who could have looked around to see who the calling was directed to!

Poor child, upset and dad didn't comfort her, and I'd have thought the woman "might" have done! but didn't

Nowt as wierd as folk as they say in Yorkshire!

YinMnBlue · 12/05/2020 22:25

Not everyone can hear.
Should deaf people expect to get cycled into because the dad shouts ‘excuse me’?

As it happens this couple do not seem to be deaf.
However
Shouting ‘excuse me’ and expecting people to get out of the way is a very bad example to the child. She needs to know that as she is in a bike and travelling faster, it is her responsibility to stop.
The dad shouting ‘I shouted ‘excuse me’ several times gives the child the impression that the couple were at fault for being crashed into,

The Dad should have attended to his child. He should also have said to the man who was crashed into ‘sorry, are you ok?’.

I suspect the man’s fury and frustration was with the dad’s outrageous entitlement.

Shit, shit Dad.

SouthWestmom · 12/05/2020 22:25

Was dad cycling or walking? If they moved for the kid they also have to open up for dad to cycle through? I wonder if they've had to stop - start down that path as dad and kid wobble along? Would love to know the context.

SlimBig · 12/05/2020 22:26

The dad really let the daughter down. And the couple overreacted.

PrincessConsueIaBananaHammock · 12/05/2020 22:26
  • While the dad is awful, so are the two dog walkers. Very aggressive.

And I still can get over an adult kicking a crying six year old child’s bike. It says a lot about his character.*

But that's why , as a parent you don't put-or even worse encourage her - in a situation where there's likely to be conflict. With random strangers that you don't know how violent or aggressive they might be. You definitely do not escalate the situation bu having a go at them.

Sittinonthefloor · 12/05/2020 22:27

A few years ago, when dcs were tiny, a girl nearly cycled into us. My instinct was to raise my hands in defence/protection and I very nearly pushed her over. A bit nearer or faster and I would have, not deliberately but in panic. Luckily no one was hurt. I think the people were pretty restrained- big shock + wanting to social distance. This little girl was lucky not to hurt anyone, I seem to remember a child knocking someone over on a pavement a few years ago and it was very clear that the child & parent are responsible for not hitting pedestrians- it’s not the pedestrians job to move for cyclists. In summary the dad is too arrogant & ignorant to realise that he is the one that looks bad in this.

CrystalTipped · 12/05/2020 22:28

All three of the adults are twats. The couple ignored the child when they could have moved, the father told her to keep going when he should have told her to stop, and then both men preferred to have a row rather than check up on the little girl on the floor. No-one behaved well.

Ariela · 12/05/2020 22:28

The parent is at fault for allowing her to cycle in a very public place where she has no control over the bike, and doesn't understand how to operate the brakes, and also the parent for not keeping close to said child such that they can step in if required.
Was it actually a 'set up' to obtain cash for the story I wonder? Given it was videoed.

I've been on the receiving end of a parent whose child didn't stop at the end of the road, came round a (blind) corner and came face to face with me in my car and promptly fell off (about 10 yards before my car) as she had not a clue how to operate the brakes. Parent of said child had allowed her to cycle on with no instructions (Parent was on phone and still on phone whilst shouting at me for nearly killing her child and f*ing driving like a loony (why?I was stopped LONG before her child fell off), and look at the cut on her knee that was all my fault etc etc , till I pointed out had I been the Yodel van her child WOULD have been run over because said parent had allowed child to get out of sight, and that she should spend less time on the phone and more time teaching her child a) how to operate the bike including brakes and b) on supervising her child.

Never got an apology mind you.

twilightermummy · 12/05/2020 22:37

Did the couple really not hear her behind them? The way people treat kids in this country is deeply disturbing at times. The audible was rubbish but I could hear the girl screaming/crying yet he still kicked her bike. I bet he's a dream to live with Hmm

JamMakingWannaBe · 12/05/2020 22:39

I was out with DD today. I was busy watching her on her scooter and chatting that I didn't hear a cyclist until they were literally behind me.

The Dad is at fault, NOT the dog walkers.

WaxOnFeckOff · 12/05/2020 22:40

All three of the adults are twats. The couple ignored the child when they could have moved,

It's clear they didn't hear.

the father told her to keep going when he should have told her to stop

Yep, twat

and then both men preferred to have a row rather than check up on the little girl on the floor

No, the father who is responsible for the child and should be checking on her decided instead to confront the man and make an issue

No-one behaved well.

Really? The man kicked the bike but what exactly did the woman do to be described as a twat?

notalwaysalondoner · 12/05/2020 22:43

This happened to us - kids aged about 7 and 9 cycling on the pavement, way in front of the parents, the 9 year old careered straight into us as we yelled “stop, stop” when he had plenty of time to stop. He then cycled off yelling at us not to shout at him, and his parents justified it with “he has additional needs”. In a pandemic if your child has additional needs to the point they can’t understand that they need to avoid people (and also that they need to avoid hitting people on a bike anyway) it is just irresponsible to take them out on a pavement - there are plenty of empty car parks etc around for them to cycle around in away from others.

postordex · 12/05/2020 22:43

I have a very loud bell on my bike for this reason. Likely they didn't hear his "excuse me". The child isn't proficient enough to ride in that environment if she didn't have either the ability or judgment to stop. And agree that even if the couple had heard the warning, there wasn't 2m to allow the child to pass. Why did he not tend to his child?

AwrightDoreenTakeAFuckinDayOff · 12/05/2020 22:49

The way some people allow their kids to act disturbs me too.

I love children but my world does not revolve round your children nor should it mean that your child’s wants trump the rights of adults all the time. This is not necessarily the fault of the child but of their parent(s).

I’d be gutted if my nephews/nieces weren’t considerate of other people.

The dad should have apologised profusely while checking his child was ok.

The fb mum is probably mortified. I would be. No wonder the video was taken down/made private.

AJTommo · 12/05/2020 22:50

HRTFT but walkers have right of way over cyclists on footpaths & walkers & horseriders have right of way over cyclists on bridlepaths. You wouldn't soddingthink so though!

Werkwerkwerkwerkwerkwerk · 12/05/2020 22:52

First of all shouldnt have even been cycling on a path to begin with.

Second poor parenting

And then to top it off poor lass cant even brake or assumed she could just cycle between them ???

Werkwerkwerkwerkwerkwerk · 12/05/2020 22:52

Child or not if someone has ploughed their bike into me I'd be cussing a few choice words

slashlover · 12/05/2020 22:57

Did the couple really not hear her behind them? The way people treat kids in this country is deeply disturbing at times. The audible was rubbish but I could hear the girl screaming/crying yet he still kicked her bike. I bet he's a dream to live with

And her dad decided to try and argue instead of comforting his child.

Frogshoe · 12/05/2020 22:58

I am hard of hearing and definitely wouldn’t have heard excuse me or the bell. I also have a very recent hip replacement and bad knees and a child on a bicycle crashing into me like that could have caused me problems and pain. The child’s parents are outrageously entitled.

Justaboy · 12/05/2020 23:00

I am hard of hearing and definitely wouldn’t have heard excuse me or the bell.

As maybe but both of them ?..

FliesandPies · 12/05/2020 23:01

Was it actually a 'set up' to obtain cash for the story I wonder? Given it was videoed.

It's very common now for cyclists to have helmet cams

mummytippy · 12/05/2020 23:05

It was up to the parents to hold her back and shout ahead imo.
It's beyond me why people walk along narrow paths at the moment not expecting anyone else to be there - common sense