<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><HTML><FONT SIZE=2 PTSIZE=10 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">In a message dated 2/11/07 11:21:33 PM Pacific Standard Time, serge@issakov.org writes:<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">That is, better education of all motorists is an excellent idea, but I think the alleged "need" for it tends to be way overblown, particularly with respect to making cycling in traffic "safe". I have a particular distaste for the implication that riding in traffic is not safe, and will not be safe, until motorists are better educated, or cyclists are physically separated. That implication makes cycling seem much more dangerous than it actually is, and is hardly a boon to making cycling be more popular. <BR>
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But as far as Gene's point about reaching all road users regarding the spreading of the knowledge that Dan wrote about, yes, training through existing channels is probably a good idea. But I don't know how we get that to happen. In the mean time, I would like to at least see the information spread within the cycling community through the existing channels that we have, like this one. <BR>
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Serge:<BR>
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Well said.<BR>
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I would like to see better education/training for all vehicle operators, not so much because I am a cyclist but rather because I am also a motorist...<BR>
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But given that we can connect with people who ride bicycles and that it is clear from observing people riding biycles that many lack basic road skills, efforts at educating cyclist seems to offer the most return on any effort.<BR>
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