--- title: Bikes, scooters and car parks — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Bikes, scooters and car parks», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: A helmet protects only if it fits: snug, level on the head, just above the eyebrows, with the strap buckled — a loose helmet slides off whe --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/272-bikes-scooters-and-car-parks/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/) / Bikes, scooters and car parks # Bikes, scooters and car parks Lesson 272 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 20 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/272-bikes-scooters-and-car-parks/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/272-bikes-scooters-and-car-parks/0/) — A helmet protects only if it fits: snug, level on the head, just above the eyebrows, with the strap buckled — a loose helmet slides off when you need it. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/272-bikes-scooters-and-car-parks/1/) — Drivers must be able to see you, so at night a bike has a white light at the front, a red light at the back and reflectors; and you never ride up the inside of a lorry or truck at a junction, where the driver cannot see you and may turn across you. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/272-bikes-scooters-and-car-parks/3/) — In car parks and parking garages cars come round corners in the dark, so children stay close to an adult and never ride on a shopping trolley. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/272-bikes-scooters-and-car-parks/4/) — A girl in Melbourne rides on a shared path; she rings her bell well before the people walking and passes them slowly. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/272-bikes-scooters-and-car-parks/5/) — A helmet fits snug and level, just above the eyebrows, with the strap buckled; a loose helmet does not protect. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/272-bikes-scooters-and-car-parks/6/) — Rules about riding on the pavement differ by country and town; where children may, they watch out for people walking. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/272-bikes-scooters-and-car-parks/7/) — At night a bike needs a white light at the front, a red light at the back and reflectors, so drivers can see it. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/272-bikes-scooters-and-car-parks/8/) — A bike is locked by its frame and a wheel to a fixed bike rack, because unlocked bikes are stolen. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/272-bikes-scooters-and-car-parks/9/) — You never ride up the inside of a lorry or truck at a junction, because the driver cannot see you and it may turn. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/272-bikes-scooters-and-car-parks/10/) — With a puncture you walk the bike home or call a parent, and you can learn to fix it later. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/272-bikes-scooters-and-car-parks/11/) — On a path shared with walkers you ring your bell and pass slowly, because people walking may not hear you. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/272-bikes-scooters-and-car-parks/12/) — You walk a scooter down a steep hill, because you can lose control. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/272-bikes-scooters-and-car-parks/13/) — Skateboards and roller skates are hard to stop quickly, so they are used in parks and skate parks, not on busy streets. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/272-bikes-scooters-and-car-parks/14/) — A rolling shopping trolley or cart is stopped by an adult, and children never ride on trolleys, because they can tip over and hit cars. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/272-bikes-scooters-and-car-parks/15/) — In a parking garage you stay close to the adult, because it is dark and cars come round corners. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/272-bikes-scooters-and-car-parks/16/) — A boy in Melbourne rode his bike without his helmet just to the shop; he hit a kerb, fell head first and needed weeks in hospital to recover from a head injury. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/272-bikes-scooters-and-car-parks/17/) — A girl in London rode up the inside of a lorry at a junction; the lorry turned left without seeing her and she was knocked off and badly hurt. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/272-bikes-scooters-and-car-parks/18/) — A good helmet greatly lowers the chance of a serious head injury when you fall off a bike or scooter. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/272-bikes-scooters-and-car-parks/19/) — Many falls happen on short everyday trips near home, so the helmet goes on for every ride, even just round the corner. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/272-bikes-scooters-and-car-parks/20/) — Lorry and truck drivers have big blind spots beside their cab, where they cannot see a cyclist at all. - ← previous: [Airports and planes](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/271-airports-and-planes/) - next →: [Shops, restaurants and libraries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/273-shops-restaurants-and-libraries/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)