How can my child be injured while wearing Heelys?

How can my child be injured while wearing Heelys?

Pat Hines (Traffic Safety Educator & Executive Director, SafeMoves) gives expert video advice on: How can my child be injured while wearing Heelys?; How can my child stay safe while wearing Heelys? and more...

A child wearing a Heely, pair of Heely shoes, or a shoe with a wheel in the bottom, is an accident waiting to happen, injury is very easy. A child using those shoes is not wearing proper safety gear because they're being marketed as a shoe. They're incredibly dangerous, there's no way to stop, making injury likely. Children use the shoes, and they spend more time watching their feet than they do where they are. There's no way of stopping unless you grab onto something or grab onto someone. They're incredibly dangerous, with high injury potential. They should be marketed as rollerblades, and if a child's going to use Heelys, or a shoe with a wheel in it, they need to wear the same safety equipment they would wear if they were using a scooter, skateboard, or rollerblades.