Two houses on my street have burned down within the past two years for this exact reason. It happens more frequently than I think people realize.

I think this means to dismount and walk the bike across the intersection. Usually the sign will actually say “DISMOUNT”.

Here’s my girls fighting over who gets to be the paper bag princess.

I’m purely speculating on this, but it’s possible they don’t have a good relationship with their father (e.g. could have been abusive to their mother) and they therefore want to do something to help women in similar situations rather than honour their father that day.