Outside my window today I saw a young woman with a small child getting on a scooter – the motorised kind that is. It’s difficult to judge kids’ ages, particularly when the Japanese are smaller in stature than Westerners, but I’d estimate the kid was no older than 8 at the most, and probably slightly younger. Now, OK, she had a seat that had obviously been adapted for a child pillion that had an across the lap belt, and the kid was wearing a crash helmet, but I am still not sure about the safety of this (the kid was wearing long shorts and a t-shirt for example).

Any of the bikers (e.g. Sparks and Liam) got any comments on this? Would this be legal in the UK? Would you do it even if it was legal?