In California, children grow to love pedaling not long after they learn to walk. Unfortunately, children aren’t always considering their own safety when they ride, and careless drivers aren’t always on the lookout for a wayward child on a bike. Thousands of children in California get into bicycle accidents each year. Many of these tragic accidents could be prevented if drivers would show more caution in neighborhoods, parks, and school zones. Drivers owe children a special “duty of care” as they travel and must take extreme care to avoid hitting a child on a bike or tricycle.  When these accidents occur, drivers are generally always held liable, and their insurance companies should pay for the best medical care available for young victims. The child and the driver usually won’t share liability in an accident. Unless a child acts intentionally to cause an accident, the motorist will usually be considered the negligent party in a personal injury case.  Since young children aren’t considered to have the capacity to make reasonably safe decisions for themselves and others, they tend to not be found negligent. The burden to keep young people safe on bikes falls to drivers who can slow down, pay more attention to the road, and expect the unexpected whenever children are at play.