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Learning new adventures is all part of being a child isn't it? 

Learning to roll over, to crawl, walk, run and ride a bike. Bike riding has been very topical in our house this summer, with big sister finally letting go of the stabilisers and little sister making her first attempts to ride a bike, courtesy of the fabulous Strider Bike and whilst they are safe riding in the confines of our gardens, I wouldn't want them out on the road just yet.

For over 60 years, children have wobbled their way through the Cycling Proficiency Test, now called Bikeability, and there are 3 levels that children can take. Level 1 helps new riders (like my girls) to control their bike before they move on to developing on-road skills at the next level. Level 2 is usually tackled by children in Years 5 or 6, before they leave primary school but then level 3 teaches children how to ride in different and more challenging traffic situations, and is usually completed by children of secondary school age (so I have a little time before I start worrying about them being on the road because the last thing I want to be worrying about is road traffic accidents and whiplash injury). 

The little one is still a long way off from finding her feet (or her pedals) on the bike and she is just as happy to go down to the main road and watch the traffic go past. I genuinely thought my other half had gone a little bit mad when he suggested going to watch the cars one morning but she loves nothing more than waving to the trucks, farm tractors and cars as they go past and getting them to honk their horns!

So I don't think I need to worry about her learning the dangers of the road, as whilst she may only be little, she seems quite competent at commanding the traffic from the pavement.