Teenage Son Riding Problems

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Find him a FB page or a newspaper article with bikehating comments. Maybe that will help him understand that even though he "has a right to the road too", cyclists have to behave even better than drivers in traffic to survive.

Actually I think taking away his bikes and driving privileges should do a lot. Until he can demonstrate safe riding or driving he has no business on the road. It's a privilege you have to earn.

My son, soon 14, has a thing for riding handsfree. He's good at it and he likes to show off. Deal for now is that he can do so on the bike path or on logging roads, but not while passing anyone, and if we catch him doing it on a regular road he's in trouble. He's one of the few kids in his class to wear a helmet... Maybe because he saw his dad get a bad concussion from riding once without one, maybe because he knows that I know his friends, and will find out if he tries to skip it.