>I read a quote recently,"We're not here to stop our kids getting hurt, just to stop them getting maimed or killed". I agree with this wholeheartedly, but unfo

>I read a quote recently,"We're not here to stop our kids getting hurt, just to stop them getting maimed or killed". I agree with this wholeheartedly, but unfortunately the most likely thing to kill them are the cars that are everywhere they might go. My kids are too young for this to be applicable right now, but someday I hope to give them this kind of independence, but I don't know how to do it with the sheer volume of traffic and terrible drivers. I even don't feel safe biking myself. I'm perfectly happy letting them take risks where they might break bones, but I just don't know how to deal with a world where they're reasonably likely to get killed if they're on the street with a bike.