Two reasons (among many) that happens is that people still think riding a bicycle is a pedestrian thing to do, therefore they ride on the left into the traffic as if they are walking along a shoulder-less country road. Another thing is that people learn to ride bicycles when they are children and whatever skills and habits they learn then carry on into adulthood with little impetus to change.So re-education and reminders may be called for. The question is who wants to do them, pay for them and, really, want to watch them? DJ
--- On Mon, 4/18/11, Mary Mullen <[email protected]> wrote: From: Mary Mullen <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Bikies] Off the Couch post on cyclist deaths - vulnerable user law To: "Matt Logan" <[email protected]>, "'Tom Held'" <[email protected]>, "'Corsi, Larry - DOT'" <[email protected]> Cc: "Amanda White" <[email protected]>, [email protected] Date: Monday, April 18, 2011, 12:26 PM One thing I’ve noticed regarding bike safety is that a number of people – both adults and kids – ride their bikes on the left facing traffic rather than being on the right going with traffic. I’ve seen this on the Verona Road and Beltline frontage roads and on ordinary Madison streets as well. Maybe some education in the schools is called for? On 4/18/11 11:16 AM, "Matt Logan" <[email protected]> wrote: I know the BFW is well-intentioned in this, but a quick read of the comments clearly demonstrated to me why the BFW is barking up the wrong tree: Our current state leaders are likely to blame bicyclists for their deaths when they hear these stories. I have heard it takes repeating something seven times for a message to sink in, so I will say it again: the BFW’s best chance of making progress with the current administration is funding better, safer travel for children on bicycles. I have talked to a lot of conservatives and listened to conservative radio. They don’t value adult bicycling enough to fund it. If you want to succeed, target improving bicycling for children. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tom Held Sent: Monday, April 18, 2011 9:34 AM To: 'Corsi, Larry - DOT' Cc: [email protected] Subject: [Bikies] Off the Couch post on cyclist deaths - vulnerable user law http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/lifestyle/120010609.html _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org
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