Toddler rides bike onto the road, but no one stops

[Tickford.]

Really?? No one gives a ***** about a little kid riding a toy trike on a busy road?? Look how many of them look at the kid but don't stop.

Have I missed something, or is this normal behaviour these days?

[Ratmick]

You think that only happens in China?

I was driving down Merton Street in Altona Meadows a good few years ago during rush hour. In the distance I could see cars doing a dog leg around something on the road. When I got to where the dog leg was occurring there were twin toddlers playing cars in the middle of one lane.

I pulled over, grabbed one under each arm and carried them (very unhappily) to the front door of the nearest house. I knocked on the door with my foot and asked the woman that came to the door 'are these yours?.

Short story is yes they were and her 10yo daughter was meant to be watching them but she was watching tv and somehow they got through the front gate onto a main road.

Given I was the only one that stopped how long do you reckon they would have sat there until someone didn't swerve around them, or until their mother noticed they were missing?

They'd been out there for a while, they were wet from the waist down...

[Mr Brooksy]

Originally Posted by xxxg

Really?? No one gives a ***** about a little kid riding a toy trike on a busy road?? Look how many of them look at the kid but don't stop.

Have I missed something, or is this normal behaviour these days?

Hahaha, thats normal. I live in said country. And that is nothing.

Did you also notice:
Audi with guy standing up through the sunroof?
That most of the traffic simply crossing the center line with no regard to oncoming traffic?
That there were no parents supervising the kid?
The list can go on... but I wont.

Driving here as a foreigner is totally nuts because what you saw in that video is the tip of the iceberg. Not to mention its a totally mediocre incident compared to what happens EVERY day. In fact one scooter rider dies EVERY day in the small city I live in alone! Yet no one wears a helmet, and if in the rare instance they do, its made of kids toy plastic with no straps etc.

It's a terrible situation, but in the context of life here, there's much much worse.

[Mr Brooksy]

Oh, and one more thing to understand is that no one views the road as dangerous.

[Junkyard-Dog]

Welcome to the world of "it's not my problem" and "mind your own business".

[ford71V8]

I've seen worse vids from there, similar to this.

Half expected that officer to write the little guy a ticket

[XB GS 351 Coupe]

It's China, It's normal over there. That's why they have 12 kids, as they tend to lose a few.

Different culture and different standards, who are we to judge what they do over there, I would be appalled if it happened here (which to some degree it does).

Just think of all the kids locked in cars outside Aussie Casinos, usually by Chinese parents, not racist, it's just the way their mind works.(or doesn't work depending on your view point)

You should see how they treat animals and other people, it would even make the most hardy man's hair stand up.

May be go to some Country towns with high indigenous populations, you will see the same lack of care with kids in nappies playing on the highway with road trains going past, I see it almost daily, surprised not more happens.

[CoupeKing]

This actually made me laugh compared to what I usually see coming out of that country.

His parents were probably too busy trying to source some Australian made baby formula and vitamins.

@ 0:26. He probably thinks the guy on his right is his Dad.

[Mr Brooksy]

Originally Posted by XB GS 351 Coupe

It's China, It's normal over there. That's why they have 12 kids, as they tend to lose a few.

Different culture and different standards, who are we to judge what they do over there, I would be appalled if it happened here.

Just think of all the kids locked in cars outside Aussie Casinos, usually by Chinese parents, not racist, it's just they way their mind works.(or doesn't' work depending on your view point)

You should see how they treat animals and other people, it would even make the most hardy man's hair stand up.

May be go to some Country towns with high indigenous populations, you will see the same lack of care with kids in nappies playing on the highway with road trains going past, I see it almost daily, surprised not more happens.

You have heard of the "one child policy" which was recently changed to a two child policy due to the threat of population decline? Far from a dozen kids mate "cause they tend to lose a few"...

And I'm pretty sure it's us white Aussies that lock kids in the car for the shopping runs, servo payments or dunny breaks... Or maybe even the odd 3 day trip to Bali whilst leaving the kids at home... Alone...

[JC]

Originally Posted by Mr Brooksy

You have heard of the "one child policy" which was recently changed to a two child policy due to the threat of population decline? Far from a dozen kids mate "cause they tend to lose a few"...

And I'm pretty sure it's us white Aussies that lock kids in the car for the shopping runs, servo payments or dunny breaks... Or maybe even the odd 3 day trip to Bali whilst leaving the kids at home... Alone...

The 3 day trip woman was of asian decent
http://www.kidspot.com.au/parenting/...lames-the-post

[Mr Brooksy]

Originally Posted by JC

The 3 day trip woman was of asian decent
http://www.kidspot.com.au/parenting/...lames-the-post

Apologies, the report I read did not mention the mother of Asian descent.

[Serial_Fool]

China has weird laws where if you lend assistance to someone in trouble you become liable for any damages incurred by the person.

Liveleak has some really terrible videos detailing this.