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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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Easilyanxious · 13/05/2020 01:01

Parent behaved badly allowing his child to cycle that far ahead and into somebody even more so as should be adhering to 2 meters
The mans reaction of kicking bike over the top as it was a child
The child or adults rode into could if been hurt
I had someone's dog run up to me on walk the other day and he just ran straight into me nearly knocked me backwards had I been a child I would of been on my backside
The couple apologised but still didn't put there dog on lead , I was annoyed but couldn't see the point of reacting as what was it going to achieve

Frozade · 13/05/2020 01:16

Dad was a total dick, wasn't room to pass social distancing wise even if they had moved over and encouraged his kid to keep going and then started an argument rather then apologising to the couple.

nannytothequeen · 13/05/2020 02:06

Storm in a teacup. It's likely that the couple didn't hear and the little girl didn't really know what to do. Would all have been solved with an apology- sorry, I tried to shout out but you probably didn't hear'. ' sorry we didn't move but we didn't know she was there'. Not sure why the woman is being called disgusting. She was barged from the back by a small child on a bike and far as I can see did nothing wrong. The bike kicking was childish but simply a frustrated shove with his foot after being unnecessarily dressed down by the dad. And I think that pedestrians do have priority on multi use footpaths.

honeyrider · 13/05/2020 02:44

The father of the girl comes off the worst. Piss poor parenting.

KatherineJaneway · 13/05/2020 06:23

Wow, totally the dad's fault. What a prat.

userxx · 13/05/2020 06:36

Dads fault for not keeping her at a safe distance. Twat.

Quirrelsotherface · 13/05/2020 07:59

The dad here is an absolute bellend, we've all met men like him. He thinks his kid trumps all other human beings and unfortunately, he's not teaching her any great lessons for her future here. Poor parenting in every way.

SuperFurryDoggy · 13/05/2020 08:46

All my favourite bizarre things have come from that aisle @AldiAisleOfCrap Grin

Festipal · 13/05/2020 10:08

I'm struggling to watch a man having an argument while his daughter is crying out to him distressed after falling off her bike.

DatingDickheads · 13/05/2020 10:30

The dads fault - he’s a total dick!

MummBraTheEverLeaking · 13/05/2020 11:20

Absolute piss poor parenting, more concerned with his 15 minutes of social media fame and likely an upcoming compo claim than teaching his daughter properly, or checking on her after she fell.

We were out for our walk yesterday with a kid on a bike heading straight for us on a shared cycle and pedestrian path (clearly marked) and dad cycling behind on the other side so we couldn't move there. Had to end up hugging the hedge and not a word from the father. Forget social distancing, not even basic courtesy taught these days then we wonder why some people are so entitled!

Keitepeheakoe · 13/05/2020 11:55

Dad steaming up behind oblivious couple, high hedges/banks so passing obs going to be an issue, daughter slows he tells her to keep going twice while showing excuse me (no reaction that couple heard), she rides through gap between couple, hits them and falls off bike while dad ignores her distres to have a go at the affronted dog walkers

LochJessMonster · 13/05/2020 12:17

Dad’s fault.

He tells her to keep going, the couple obviously haven’t heard them coming. Then instantly aggressive even though his child has cycled into them.

Not sure why the child is screeching in the background, total overreaction.

The man kicking the bike was a non event, it didn’t affect the ‘traumatised child’ at all, she was nowhere near it.

BruceAndNosh · 13/05/2020 12:42

If the poor child is traumatised, its because Daddy told her to go on, she expects everything to be ok cos Daddy said so.
She falls off her bike and Daddy does nothing to comfort her.
That's why she was upset. She wasn't hurt by the fall because she didn't cry immediately. She was upset because arsey Daddy was ignoring her poor thing

NeutralJanet · 13/05/2020 12:49

I don't know why anyone would expect the random people to comfort the child, I wouldn't get involved if a child fell off their bike beside me but their parent was right there. Might sound heartless, but some kids, like my DD, are afraid of being spoken to by strangers and it would have just made her worse. I'd leave it to the parent to do the comforting.

NuffSaidSam · 13/05/2020 12:57

Also, we're supposed to be socially distancing. Who knows if they're in a high risk group? Perfectly reasonable to not want to get closer than necessary to the child (and it wasn't necessary because she clearly wasn't seriously injured and the Dad was right there and could administer any first aid/help she needed).

You shouldn't be helping other people's kids at the moment, even if you would do normally (unless it's absolutely necessary).

BruceAndNosh · 13/05/2020 13:02

I feel sorry for the couple.
They are plastered all over the tabloids with lurid misleading headlines, with "do you recognise this couple?" please call us.....
This shitstorm was not of their making

EdwinaMay · 13/05/2020 13:20

You'd get quite a fright if you are rammed from behind by handle bars etc Dad is in the wrong. Telling her to keep going WTF!

ChardonnaysPetDragon · 13/05/2020 13:22

I don't know why anyone would expect the random people to comfort the child, I wouldn't get involved if a child fell off their bike beside me but their parent was right there. Might sound heartless, but some kids, like my DD, are afraid of being spoken to by strangers and it would have just made her worse. I'd leave it to the parent to do the comforting.

If a child rammed their bicycle in me from behind and hurt me I would definitely not be doing any comforting.

Sittinonthefloor · 13/05/2020 13:54

I think if I was the dog walkers I’d be phoning a solicitor- not for the initial being crashed into but about being plastered all over the press and villified for the crime of going for a walk and being cycled by a small girls on a bike.

SweetPetrichor · 13/05/2020 14:23

I'd have given her a hell of a row if she were my daughter and I'd have been extremely annoyed if it were me she cycled into - I'd say the couple were very restrained under normal circumstances, never mind under covid conditions. I'd say she deserved her arse tanned...but of course now it has to be the verbal version. She's not fit to be out cycling or out of grabbing range since she has no common sense or manners.

Justaboy · 13/05/2020 15:02

I'd have given her a hell of a row if she were my daughter

Bloody hell shes only Six years old! her idiot dad should have known better but then again I saw a child waiting to coss a busy road here a while ago can't have bene more that 5 years old mum was around 200 metres away! Just as well the child had some idea;!

Sez in the Mirror that she rang her bike bell anyone heard it as i dindt?

AwrightDoreenTakeAFuckinDayOff · 13/05/2020 18:51

I think the mirror need to grow a cell or two and understand that ringing a bell does not guarantee you right of way.

I’m with. @Sittinonthefloor

I hope this couple does the idiot dad for damages. That’ll learn him to go all charliebigbollocks on social media/trying to do a Declan Swann.

Fuck knows what his intention was but it is the couple I feel for.

NameChange84 · 13/05/2020 18:54

Shitty Parenting and rude man imo! But the parents are the main people to blame.

Seetheprettysnowdrops · 13/05/2020 19:16

I feel sorry for this couple and hope they take legal action against the tabloids with their deliberately misleading headlines provoking lots of he-huns threatening all sorts

The only one to blame is the father. What a twat

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