But it was about 3 miles away.

I had to ride across a four-lane road on my bike, and travel through some forbidden lands. And if any of my mom's friends saw me on that road they would grab me, throw me in their car, take me to my mom and dump me there for my punishment. In those days kidnapping other people's kids to drag them home for punishment was the norm.

So of course I did it a couple days a week.

2 years later I had my moped and was allowed to go anywhere within about 10 mi. I was officially a mall rat at that point.