Teenagers who ride have to process more incoming information per minute than most adults give them credit for. Merging onto a highway, reading whether the driver ahead is about to brake, adjusting their line when they spot gravel mid-corner: these aren’t reflexes, they’re judgment calls that happen in fractions of a second. A 16-year-old who can’t work through a problem under pressure doesn’t just make mistakes on a bike. They make them at 60 miles per hour, and the margin for error is considerably thinner than most classroom settings ever require.…
The Cognitive Rider: Why Critical Thinking Is Teens’ Most Important Safety Gear









