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When they're getting the kid a helmet they need to get him some new tires that bite.
The 1960's wide ovals on that thing are hard as rocks.
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Been there...and inside-out Vaccuum Cleaner belts stretched over the plastic wheels on these was the answer, quieter too!.
We had a few for the kids and if anyone's in the market, the Peg-Perego ones are 10 times the rig these Chinese Power-Wheels ones are!.
Did the way that kid spins sideways reminds anyone else of the kid in the 70's 'Big Wheel' commercials!.
~ Pete