Strollers in the streets and babies in bicycle seats?

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Does it bother anyone else to see baby strollers being pushed across busy streets? It really irks me because you are basically using your baby as a shield by putting him/her in front of you like that and crossing a busy street. I would hold my baby and push the empty stroller personally.. I mean really they aren't likely to get hit, but just the idea of pushing your baby in front of you while cars are speeding by just goes against all of my motherly instincts. Am I crazy? Or do other people feel this way?

Oh and then the other day I saw a woman riding a bike with a baby seet on the back and it looked like it had a really young baby in it and it was on the same busy street... and wow that got under my skin.

I'm not even a mother or anywhere close to being one, but these things really bother me.
 
I agree completely with Alissa's Mama.

Yeah, it seems as though you are using your child as a 'shield' when crossing the street, but do you know how hard it is to push a stroller, carry groceries, carry the child AND watch the traffic at the same time?

And the baby seat on a bicycle is a WONDERFUL idea. As long as you don't have a newborn in it, I love the idea. I want to get one for my 11 month old, so I can ride my bike with him on the back..

Once you become a mother, you will realize just how important these things are to us.
 
what do you expect? hell your going to kill the baby by holding him/her if you were to get hit the baby would fly out your arms and hit the ground.thats why a person should know when and where to cross: at the light in between the 2 white line on a red light in the same direction your walking in
 
It doesn't bother me and I am a mommy. Your children go where you go. There are things that are obviously more common-sensical than others but your babies don't travel in bubbles behind you. When you have children, you will realize how nearly impossible it is to use walking as your form of transportation and take your baby in and out of the stroller every time you come to a busy street. A stroller isn't a shield.. it is how people transport their babies. I challenge you to carry a baby even for the length of a grocery trip and you will see how difficult it is to tote your baby everywhere (assuming you aren't using a sling or whatever...) And the bike thing.. isn't really any different that putting your baby in the car with you. Again.. it is a form of transportation and your babies go where you go. People just have to use common sense when they are the pedestrians on busy streets.. but no.. I don't think either of those things are very dangerous or "wow.. those parents are senseless..." but that is just me. :)
 
I don't agree with you. I don't think the stroller is less likely to be hit then the mother pushing it. I don't see any reason to remove the baby from the stroller to cross a street.

I myself would not feel confident riding a bike with a baby in the back, but I haven't ridden bikes much sense I was 16 and got a driver's license. Also I don't know the safety specs on those if the bike falls over etc.

A friend of mine wants is planning to put her newborn in a sling and ride a bike like that... it seems dangerous to me, but I guess the slings are supposed to be safe. I think it is the mommies call, and I bet she rethinks the bicycling with newborn in a sling on her back idea once the baby is born.
 
Kind of an ironic question..Im a news junkie (i like news lol)..i cant remember what state but earlier today a women was walking with her 4 year old and 7 month old baby in a stroller and a lady with an SUV pulled out and ran over the stroller with the baby in it...killing the little 7 month old boy instantly...so sad =(
http://www.kpho.com/news/20952391/detail.html
 
I can identify with what you are saying! The other day I was driving down a 5 lane road/highway and a woman walks out into traffic with her stroller in front of her! There was no crosswalk or intersection at all! To me that is irresponsible.
 
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