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Was on stopline at crossroad near Fiveways today when some RLJing knob rolled past me way out into middle of junction. So far so stupid but a few seconds later what I'd assume to be his son went past following his leader into the danger zone. Luckily no prang despite a lot of traffic but when light goes green (which they wouldn't be aware of) they set off in response to clear road ahead. I hung back to give space and it became obvious dad was a total arse as he powered away leaving kid behind, only to catch up when they got to next junction, at which point they got wrong side of traffic and nearly got left hooked fifty yarrds further along. Kid was patently unsafe on road, bike being one he was probably expected to "grow into" (frame too big, single speed road bike too highly geared for him to pull away without wobbling all over the show). Stayed behind and took line outside kid for about a mile to run interference on traffic before they made a scary turn across traffic (signals were given!) and left the main drag. Boy was about 12-13 years old and I was so tempted to have a word with the Dad about road safety training and issues with kid's bike and all that. Apologies for length, needed to vent. Sad accident waiting to happen with gave me a frustrating sad :^(