Yet Another Thing

I'm keeping a list of things to do when I become King, and I have another item to join the list (see my main page):  

Ban battery powered kid size toy vehicles.  I'm not talking about little remote control toys, but the ones designed for a kid to sit in and drive ("battery powered ride on cars").   Such toys are certainly not advisable given the volume of news we're seeing on obesity in children.   Even the kids that aren't technically obese aren't outside exercising (playing) enough.   In addition, the energy these toys consume is completely wasted; more power plant generated electricity that isn't lighting a home or refrigerating food. The 6 or 7 year old kid I just saw driving around the park on the bike/hike path would have been better off on a bike.  

Why do parents spend anywhere from a couple hundred dollars to nearly a thousand dollars on these things?   No wonder the United States consumes more energy than any other nation on earth and is so addicted to oil.

One More Thing

I'm keeping a list of things to do when I become King, and I have another item to join the list (see my main page):  

Ban those 50 foot long retractable dog leashes that people use to allow their dogs to wander far off and across the bike/hike path while they yak on the phone, thereby blocking the entire walkway to bikers and pedestrians.   They then act startled that someone has to come to a complete stop while waiting for them to reel in their dog.