{"id":743,"date":"2010-06-29T15:30:00","date_gmt":"2010-06-29T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/2010\/06\/29\/teaching-safe-choices\/"},"modified":"2010-06-29T15:30:00","modified_gmt":"2010-06-29T15:30:00","slug":"teaching-safe-choices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/2010\/06\/29\/teaching-safe-choices\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Safe Choices"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_9-coSRlRBkE\/TCD0nOBQPII\/AAAAAAAAAHM\/Jo-a2KiWQoI\/s1600\/Bicycle_wrong_way.svg.png\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_9-coSRlRBkE\/TCD0nOBQPII\/AAAAAAAAAHM\/Jo-a2KiWQoI\/s200\/Bicycle_wrong_way.svg.png\" width=\"160\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>I started to write a long post about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kenkifer.com\/bikepages\/health\/risks.htm\">bicycling safety<\/a>. It included lots of statistics, facts, and figures. Ultimately, though, I found it very difficult to write about staying safe on a bike. When it comes to defining &#8220;safe,&#8221; you&#8217;ll get as many different definitions as people you ask.<\/p>\n<p>Remember when your mom or dad taught you to ride a bike and told you &#8220;Only ride on the sidewalk&#8221;? Many adult bicyclists still adhere to that advice in the mistaken belief that it&#8217;s safer on sidewalks.<\/p>\n<p>Remember how your running coach always told you to run against traffic so you could see cars coming? Adult cyclists want to see what&#8217;s coming, too, and ride the wrong way against traffic in a mistaken belief that&#8217;s safer than having cars approach from behind.<\/p>\n<p>Remember how as a pedestrian you could, at opportune moments, ignore the signal and dash across the street real quick with no negative repercussions? Even more than pedestrians, bicyclists <a href=\"http:\/\/bicyclealliance.blogspot.com\/2010\/06\/to-roll-or-not-to-roll.html\">hate having to slow or stop<\/a>, and many blatantly run stop lights (not to mention stop signs!).<\/p>\n<p>People firmly believe that these activities really are safer.<\/p>\n<p>My question (questions, really) for you, then, is this: How should we as informed bicyclists respond in these situations? A very few bicyclists engaging in dangerous and rude behavior makes bicycling less safe for all of us. Do we have a responsibility to educate misinformed bicyclists as we see them putting themselves in danger? Is there a way to do this effectively, without sounding like an obnoxious know-it-all? Is it possible to improve safety and enjoyment for bicyclists and motorists alike through on-the-spot education?<\/p>\n<p>Or must we simply fall back on the truth that the only person you can control is yourself?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I started to write a long post about bicycling safety. 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