" Okay guys, you don't have the whole story. The child on the bike was flying down Westwood Ave. with no helmet and no hands traveling through the stop sign into the path of a truck. The driver didn't see him and if he had he would not have been able to stop in time to miss him. People who witnessed the incident said there was nothing the driver could have done differently. Kids on bikes need to wear helmets and obey the traffic signs as do vehicle drivers. "

" Well said, Farmer's Gal. Let's all learn from this near tragedy and make sure our children either understand the rules of the road or do not ride their bikes on them. "

" Cyclists of any age must obey the rules of the road. If this kid was too young to understand that, he should not have been out alone. Sure share the road but cylists have to obey the rules same as a car. Cyclists have a right to be on the road, not the right of way. "

" The posted rule of the road is "share the road." My driving classes taught me to be cautious of pedestrians and cyclists. Because of their vulnerability, cyclists and pedestrians have the right of way.

The uneducated mentality of 'trucks first' is not welcome in Auburn. All said - its a shame that the biker put himself at risk in this way. I see too many telephoning drivers in Auburn these days.

Syracuse is planning bike-lanes, can we beat them to the chase? Get creative road-painters! You did a great job near Hoopes Park! "

" Well put Farmer's Gal "

" What? No, a person doesn't have a "right of way" because s/he is a child. A person is driving down the street, presumably proceeding safely and alertly -- and a child, who, if he were following the bicycling rules of the road for any bicyclist, should stop for a stop sign, blunders right through -- and is hit by a car. It's an accident and a tragedy, and here's hoping the little boy will recover -- and that the poor kid driving the car is not traumatized by an accident which was in no way his fault.

A broken leg will mend, if all goes well, and hopefully the child learned an important lesson about being careful when riding your bike in the road. It's not easy being a kid sometimes, and let's hope this one doesn't have to pay any higher a price for it than already.

Wishes for healing to both the boy and the driver, physical and emotional. "

" at a crosswalk yes. Not coming off a side street onto a busy street where there is no stop sign or street light for the vehicle on Clymer and no crosswalk for the Pedestrian. "

" I always thought a child had the right of way. "