I went for a ride with my son and realized he's a danger to society on a bike. He's weaving in the center of the road while cars are trying to keep from hitting him. He's doing circles in the road up by the stoplight backing up traffic as he's waiting for me to catch up. He refuses to wear his helmet..he takes it off when he leaves. He's flying by intersections not even paying attention to cars and nearly got hit out by the house doing his "circle" thing. When I yelled at him afterwards he kept insisting that there wasn't a car at all despite his friend claiming the same thing. When I confronted his friend he spilled his guts about my son's behavior and admitted he gets yelled at by passing cars.

He rides 1/2 mile ahead of people which explains why my daughters won't use their bikes after talking with them. They are scared to go with him. He did the same thing with me and I couldn't yell at him or catch up to let him have it until we got home. I nearly died a thousand deaths on that trip.

He's lost his bikes for now, but I can't tell you how tempting it is to take them back and get me a really nice bike via a trade. I feel sick that I've spent nearly two thousand dollars on a mountain bike and a street bike for him only to find out he's doing this via his friends, my kids and now me.

How do you knock sense into a 15-year-old? His excuse is, "Well, we have a right to the road too, you know."

He's going to have a rough summer since I've taken away his bikes and he's lost his Xbox for at least a week. He's also lost his driving for now. He has his temporary license but if he can't ride a bike responsibly, why let him drive a car?

There aren't safety classes out in the middle of nowhere or other cyclists that can share their knowledge of being safe.

I mostly needed to vent. I should take him up to the local police station and let them give him a reality check.