Re: [Ebbc-Talk] Ebbc-Talk Digest, Vol 384, Issue 1

Or, perhaps our nation and state could take the approach of the Netherlands
and Denmark, train all schoolchildren for about 8 consecutive years in
bicycle traffic safety and test all applicants for driver's licenses about
traffic safety, including how to operate safely around bicyclists.


Marcy Greenhut wrote:
<<It's incidents like this that make me wish we had an unlimited pot of
money to
create and air public service announcements on TV about rules of the road
for
cyclists.  It would be for motorists' edification as well as cyclists, of
course.  Things like "yes we ARE supposed to be on the ROAD" would be
covered
(in response to those irate motorists who keep trying to wave me off the
road
when I'm in the left-hand turn lane in Emeryville), and "No we are NOT
required
by law to dismount bicycles in a shared path across Stanford Ave" or other
similar shared paths, and "Get a bell to pass other cyclists and
pedestrians and
USE it" would be lovely messages to put out there.

Maybe it would be less costly to create videos that could be shared on
Facebook
pages and websites.  At least we'd reach more people than we are now!

Until that time comes, all we can do is vent.  ;-(  I'm with you there,
Rick!>>


Maggie O'Mara, P.E.
Bicycle and Pedestrian Design Reviewer
HQ Division of Design
California Dept of Transportation
1120 N Street, Sacramento CA 95814

916-653-1557



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