{"id":6850,"date":"2017-02-23T22:01:55","date_gmt":"2017-02-24T05:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=6850"},"modified":"2020-07-11T15:35:14","modified_gmt":"2020-07-11T15:35:14","slug":"stapleton-residents-fondly-remember-when-bike-safety-was-number-one-concern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=6850","title":{"rendered":"Stapleton Residents Fondly Remember When Bike Safety Was Number One Concern"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Stapleton is getting older. And it\u2019s not just the trees<\/a> and the parents<\/a>. Stapleton now has teenagers. Lots of them. There are of course the teenagers hanging out in the town center and now at Stanley. But, Stapleton now has teenage drivers. And this is scaring the hell out of parents. \u201cMy son is now old enough to drive on his own,\u201d said Stapleton parent Rick Kimball. \u201cIt freaks the hell out of. One, because I worry about him, of course, and two because it makes me feel old as hell.\u201d Lexa Martin also has a teenage driver in her house. \u201cYou just worry about them paying attention, focusing on the road, driving the speed limit. You know, all that stuff we didn\u2019t do when we were kids.\u201d There are now dozens of teenage drivers in Stapleton and that number will obviously continue to increase. With so many teenage drivers, it\u2019s not just the parents of those drivers who are concerned. \u201cOur kids aren\u2019t close to driving yet,\u201d said parent Deb Stewart. \u201cBut I am definitely more worried about my own kids crossing the street to go to the park, or playing in the alleys, crossing the alleys, etc. Teenagers don\u2019t always have the best attention spans.\u201d Dick Mitchell agrees. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

\u201cTeenagers seem to be so busy with technology and phones and music, I\u2019m not sure they\u2019ll be able to pay attention to the roads,\u201d said Mitchell. \u201cI think Stapleton roads are getting a lot more dangerous.\u201d All of these new concerns remind parents of a simpler time in Stapleton, when bike safety was the biggest concern. \u201cI remember freaking out about my son not wearing a helmet when he was a kid,\u201d said Kimball. \u201cOr, if he didn\u2019t come to a complete stop at an intersection in our neighborhood. Man, how I wish I was still worried about those things.\u201d Stewart also fondly recalls how she nagged her child regarding bike safety. \u201cThey had to have a helmet on, stop at all intersections, stay in the middle of the bike lanes. If only it was that easy now.\u201d Parents understand that driving is just another milestone and that they will one day look back and talk about how worried they were about their kids driving but that went fine. \u201cI know they will be okay,\u201d said Mitchell. \u201cWe all made it through. They will be totally fine. Right? Right?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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