Thanks Steve..and augmenting lights systems with reflecters on moving
ankles...sidewall tires with reflectors and rim reflectors as well..riding at
night is freeing..but you gotta ride smart! Motorcycles have the same issues.
From: "Meiers, Steve" <[email protected]>
To: 'Tom Held' <[email protected]>; 'Hans Noeldner'
<[email protected]>; "[email protected]"
<[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 9, 2011 8:05 AM
Subject: Re: [Bikies] riding at night
A number of folks are coordinating efforts to encourage more cyclists to use
lights at night. Since most night time crashes happen Downtown- roughly the
Square to Camp Randall , we are concentrating our efforts there. Among the
activities we will be undertaking include:
MPD will issue citations for cyclists who don’t have lights but will void the
tickets if the cyclist later shows they have proper lights. They will also
distribute discount coupons for lights at area stores. Coupons will be
available at other places.
We will be experimenting using Twitter to get our message to the target
audience. ( ¾ of the riders involved in night time crashes are male- average
age 28.)
We will have displays of some sort at Ride the Drive and other events. One
idea is to have a series of pictures of cyclists at night. Sometimes there
will be multiple cyclists, sometimes one; Sometimes they will be lit, at other
times they won’t. We will give people a couple of seconds to count the number
of cyclists in each picture. The goal is to show cyclists how hard they are
to see w/o lights.
Our goal is to be creative in getting the message out- not just the usual stand
around and hand out brochures approach. If you have any ideas please share
them.
Steve Meiers
Safety educator
(608) 267-1102
Box 2986
Madison WI 53701
[email protected]
From:[email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
On Behalf Of Tom Held
Sent: Monday, August 08, 2011 1:15 PM
To: 'Hans Noeldner'; [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Bikies] riding at night
Here’s the latest we have on the fatality in Pleasant Prairie
http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/lifestyle/127247618.html
Based on the criminal complaint – the cyclist had reflectors but no lights on
the bike. There is no mention of a helmet.
Tom
From:[email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
On Behalf Of Hans Noeldner
Sent: Monday, August 08, 2011 1:10 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [Bikies] riding at night
Any word whether the bicyclist in Pleasant Prairie had headlights, reflective
vest/clothing, etc. I bicycle a lot at night and I am astounded at the number
of bicyclists I see in the Madison area who have no headlight, no taillight, no
reflective clothing, no helmet. I don’t say this to excuse motorists, but we
bicyclists need to take responsibility too. Motorists often tell me I’m lit up
like a Christmas tree. With very few exceptions I wear a reflective safety
vest at night. They are inexpensive, relatively comfortable, and one is
visible in headlights a half-mile away. Every bicyclist who ventures into auto
traffic at night should wear one.
What we need is mandatory TRAFFIC education and licensing, starting with how to
be a responsible pedestrian, then a responsible bicyclist, and then – and ONLY
then – a responsible motorist. Moreover, we need regular retesting. I am
astonished at the number of motorists who seem to genuinely believe that
bicyclists don’t belong on the road. Who trained them? Who issued a license
to them? Who retested them? The ignorance out there is inexcusable.
Has any organization prepared model legislation for this? Is there an American
Bicyclist Exchange Council?
Hans Noeldner
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