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Children as Pillion passengers

  • 20-05-2008 12:40pm
    #1
    Whizzo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 77 ✭✭


    Do any of you know the legality of carrying children as pillions?
    I remember years ago asking a Garda and he said it was all down to having a helmet that fits?


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  • #2
    Steffano2002
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,918 ✭✭✭Steffano2002


    This was asked before on this very forum. ..

    I believe the official answer was: "It's legal if they can touch the foot rests and they have a helmet that fits".

    The unofficial answer was "Bikes are too dangerous for kids".


  • #3
    Run_to_da_hills
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,009 ✭✭✭✭Run_to_da_hills


    Personally I do not like carrying kids unless its in a side car. They have no road sense and are totally helpless in the case of an accident. I have seen one idiot at a bike rally in the west popping wheelies with his kid on the back, If he had been caught by the cops he would have been done for reckless endangerment.


  • #4
    Whizzo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 77 ✭✭Whizzo


    I'm looking at the odd collection from school as a novelty etc....I live in the stix so not much traffic....plus I've outgrown the drive fast stage!


  • #5
    Steffano2002
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,918 ✭✭✭Steffano2002


    Then go for it but make sure the child has all the protection imaginable (obviously). I give my 7 year old nephew short rides sometimes but only for the laugh, at the week-end, where there's no traffic...


  • #6
    MrPudding
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,788 ✭✭✭MrPudding


    Whizzo wrote: »
    I'm looking at the odd collection from school as a novelty etc....I live in the stix so not much traffic....plus I've outgrown the drive fast stage!
    I have been taking my daughter on my bike for over a year now, she is 9. She has probably done 3 or 4 thousand miles at this stage.

    Make sure you get the right kit. Do not get a small or an extra small adult lid, get a proper kid lid. Not teahing my grandmother to suck eggs or anything, but make sure they also have decent jacket, trousers, boots and gloves.

    MrP


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  • #7
    CrazyRabbit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,659 ✭✭✭CrazyRabbit


    And of course, teach them to leave the turning to you. I know they sometimes get a bit enthusiastic about leaning when it comes to corners. :D


  • #8
    Steffano2002
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,918 ✭✭✭Steffano2002


    CrazyRabbit wrote: »
    And of course, teach them to leave the turning to you. I know they sometimes get a bit enthusiastic about leaning when it comes to corners. :D
    You're right there! My nephew pulls me with his left hand for left-hand turns and vice versa! Funny... :)


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