Cycling safety Archives • Average Joe Cyclist https://averagejoecyclist.com/tag/cycling-safety/ A Blog for Average People who LOVE to ride bikes! Wed, 08 Sep 2021 04:17:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 15693361 A Conversation with Peter Walker, Author of How Cycling Can Save the World https://averagejoecyclist.com/interview-with-peter-walker-how-cycling-can-save-the-world/ https://averagejoecyclist.com/interview-with-peter-walker-how-cycling-can-save-the-world/#comments Wed, 05 Apr 2017 12:08:02 +0000 https://averagejoecyclist.com/?p=22213 how cycling can save the world cover plus peter walker author 2A Conversation with Peter Walker, author of an important, brand new book: How Cycling Can Save the World. In this book, Walker shows the close relationship between infrastructure and the way people get about. Therefore, to create mass cycling you need to create a conducive built environment. Walker discusses bike helmets and high visibility clothing; the misuse of the word accident; roadside intimidation; cycling activism; older people and cycling; business objections to cycling; bike share programs; and the role played by La Monde à Bicyclette and Vélo Quebec in the transformation of Montreal.

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]]> https://averagejoecyclist.com/interview-with-peter-walker-how-cycling-can-save-the-world/feed/ 1 22213 Build it and They Will Come: Key Principles for Building a Cyclist-Friendly Community https://averagejoecyclist.com/key-principles-building-cyclist-friendly-community/ Tue, 04 Apr 2017 12:08:42 +0000 https://averagejoecyclist.com/?p=22176 Build it and They Will Come: Key Principles for Building a Cyclist-Friendly CommunityExcerpt from an important, brand new book: How Cycling Can Save the World by Peter Walker. In this book, Walker shows the close relationship between infrastructure and the way people get about. Therefore, to create mass cycling you need to create a conducive built environment. The way to do this is in fact already well known – only the political will is lacking. So what’s the secret? Basically, bikes must be kept separate from motor traffic on busy roads, and the separation must be physical. “A bicycle way that is not safe for an eight-year-old is not a bicycle way.”

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]]> 22176 How to Choose the Best Waterproof Cycling Pants https://averagejoecyclist.com/how-to-choose-the-best-waterproof-cycling-pants/ Sat, 11 Feb 2017 02:37:23 +0000 https://averagejoecyclist.com/?p=20803 This in-depth post is about how to choose great waterproof cycling pants. It explains how waterproofness and breathability work in waterproof cycling pants, and explains all aspects that you should consider to make the best choice of waterproof cycling pants.

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]]> 20803 How and WHY to Use Strava for Cycling https://averagejoecyclist.com/why-cyclists-should-use-strava/ https://averagejoecyclist.com/why-cyclists-should-use-strava/#comments Tue, 03 May 2016 18:17:16 +0000 https://averagejoecyclist.com/?p=17096 You can use the Strava app on your phone to review stats on completed ridesHow to Use Strava for Cycling! Strava is a great, free app used by millions of cyclists around the world to record their bike rides, plan routes, and virtually compete against themselves and against other cyclists. It is also an amazing app in terms of all the data it collects about your rides. And apart from being a mine of information for you, there is one other reason to use Strava: by doing so, you help with real w0rld data collection about where cyclists ride, helping to create a vast database that will ultimately make cycling safer for all.

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]]> https://averagejoecyclist.com/why-cyclists-should-use-strava/feed/ 1 17096 Give us safe bike routes so that EVERYONE can cycle https://averagejoecyclist.com/safe-bike-routes/ Mon, 28 Mar 2016 06:37:58 +0000 https://averagejoecyclist.com/?p=16932 We met these two on the Lochside Trail. Marge and Dennis ride their trikes on this AAA (all ages and abilities) trail every day.We need safe bike routes in every city, so that many more seniors can cycle in safety. All the money spent on cycling infrastructure would be more than made up by the money saved in the healthcare system if more seniors could safely exercise every day.

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]]> 16932 Cyclists are Inconvenienced by Motorists ALL the Time … https://averagejoecyclist.com/cyclists-inconvenienced-critical-mass/ Fri, 09 Oct 2015 12:08:13 +0000 https://averagejoecyclist.com/?p=15181 Even bike lanes are commonly blocked by carsCritical Mass cyclists inconvenience drivers by blocking traffic during rush hour. But while Critical Mass cyclists inconvenience drivers once a month for an hour, motorists inconvenience cyclists every single minute, hour and day of the month.

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]]> 15181 Safe Cycling in London https://averagejoecyclist.com/safe-cycling-london/ Fri, 23 Jan 2015 22:20:15 +0000 https://averagejoecyclist.com/?p=9178 Artist's impression of the proposed bike superhighways in LondonA while ago I wrote about the proposed new East-West and North-South Cycle Superhighways in London. The need for the cycle superhighways was highlighted again when a woman cyclist was “crushed” under a lorry at the busy Elephant and Castle circle. I hope that those new East-West and North-South Cycle Superhighways in London get built very soon, so we can stop reading about these awful accidents. We need to have safe cycling in London, just as we need to have safe cycling in all cities.

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]]> 9178 How to to Stay Visible on your Bike cheaply with Bike Wrappers https://averagejoecyclist.com/how-to-stay-visible-on-your-bike-wrappers/ https://averagejoecyclist.com/how-to-stay-visible-on-your-bike-wrappers/#comments Mon, 26 Nov 2012 03:19:41 +0000 https://averagejoecyclist.com/?p=3997 I highly recommend that you invest in a set of Bike Wrappers – they just might save your life. Bike Wrappers make your bike much more visible in the dark, and also protect the bike frame from scratches.

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]]> https://averagejoecyclist.com/how-to-stay-visible-on-your-bike-wrappers/feed/ 2 3997 Royal Canadian Mounted Police Auction off Speedster’s Ferrari https://averagejoecyclist.com/rcmp-auction-off-speedsters-ferrari/ https://averagejoecyclist.com/rcmp-auction-off-speedsters-ferrari/#comments Thu, 25 Nov 2010 05:14:59 +0000 https://averagejoecyclist.com/?p=2206 Ferrari 430 ScuderiaI was really, really happy to read that the Royal Canadian Mounted Police have auctioned off a Ferrari Scuderia confiscated from a speeding motorist in Vancouver last September. The driver of the Ferrari was doing 200 kph (124 mph) in a 65 kph (40 mph) zone.  He was racing against a motorist in a BMW […]

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]]> https://averagejoecyclist.com/rcmp-auction-off-speedsters-ferrari/feed/ 10 2206 Cyclist’s Lives Valued at $2,500? https://averagejoecyclist.com/cyclist%e2%80%99s-lives-valued-at-2500/ https://averagejoecyclist.com/cyclist%e2%80%99s-lives-valued-at-2500/#comments Mon, 25 Oct 2010 02:25:47 +0000 https://averagejoecyclist.com/?p=1588 Robert-carrier-cyclists-killed-by-motoristThe Manitoba courts apparently value a cyclist’s life at $2,500 – judging by a fine they recently handed down to a motorist who killed two cyclists. Motorist Ian Gibbons of Brandon struck and killed two cyclists two years ago. The victims, Robert Joseph Carrier from BC and Daniel Hurtubise from Quebec, were attempting to raise […]

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