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Mr . CRAIG . I appreciate that . Dr . Fine , would you like to add any thing ?

Dr . FINE . There is very little I could add to that . Mr . CRAIG . Just in closing in my questioning , I think that my col league just mentioned an interesting fact when he talked about the bicycle syndrome , which does make some sense to me because we

erently think of the - or the tricycle , excuse me , I think he used the word tricycle syndrome - because we all tend to think that the tricycle is a relatively safe vehicle by which a child may propel itself on ; is that not true ?

Dr . GREENSHER . Yes . It has become a safe vehicle for the child . It was not always so .

Mr . Craig . And the same way with a nonmotorized bicycle ; is that not true ?

Dr . GREENSHER . Yes . Mr . CRAIG . We tend to think of them as more safe ? Dr . GREENSHER . Yes .

Mr . CRAIG . And then when we put a motor on both of those kinds of configurations , without proper instruction , proper parental guidance , we by that very nature up the risk , do we not , of poten tial accidents by the ability of a child to propel themselves at a higher rate of speed ?

Dr . GREENSHER . Yes , we do .

Mr . CRAIG . I find that interesting . I agree with you . I have no trouble with agreeing with you . I have a now 10 - year old son who 2 years ago , 3 years ago , rolled his tricycle , a big trike , if you will , he was not bike age yet , we wouldn ' t let him on a bike , fractured his skull on the sidewalk . Because he was goofing off , I told him later when we found out he was going to recover without any conse quence .

But the fact is he was whipping around on a paved sidewalk , rolled his tricycle head on into the cement , fractured his skull .

Dr . GREENSHER . The point that you are bringing out is that chil dren in that age group are going to perform horseplay . Mr . CRAIG . That ' s right .

Dr . GREENSHER . And you have got to make the vehicle as safe as you can for them , and you have got to safety - proof them as much as you can within reason .

Mr . CRAIG . That ' s correct . And what about the parent ? Can we safety - proof the parents ?

Dr . ĜREENSHER . I think hearings such as this , the fact that media coverage is extensive , will get across . It will have some effect on parents . Somewhere there will be some people that will see this and think twice before they at least take the proper precautions of gear and size of vehicle that they get for their child . Mr . CRAIG . Thank you . Thank you both very much . Thank you , Mr . Chairman . Mr . BARNARD . Mr . Craig , at this point , I am getting very discour aged . If you couldn ' t - if you failed to control your child , I don ' t know if anybody is going to control theirs .

Mr . CRAIG . I work at it .

Mr . BARNARD . One final question . Barring prohibiting the sale of , withdrawing them from the market , if the vehicles sold to minor